World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... happiness . The storms of adversity , like those of the ocean , rouse the faculties , and ex- cite the invention , prudence , skill and fortitude of the voy- ager . The martyrs of ancient times , in bracing their minds to outward ...
... happiness . The storms of adversity , like those of the ocean , rouse the faculties , and ex- cite the invention , prudence , skill and fortitude of the voy- ager . The martyrs of ancient times , in bracing their minds to outward ...
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... happiness , he grows miserable in detail , aud , attentive to universal harmony , often forgets that he himself has a part to sustain in the concert . - Goldsmith . BOOKS , THEIR INFLUENCE . - Books are company ; and the company of bad ...
... happiness , he grows miserable in detail , aud , attentive to universal harmony , often forgets that he himself has a part to sustain in the concert . - Goldsmith . BOOKS , THEIR INFLUENCE . - Books are company ; and the company of bad ...
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... happiness . Hawes . CHARACTER , ITS VINDICATION . - As they who , for every slight infirmity , take physic to repair their health , do rather impair it ; so they who , for every trifle , are eager to vindi- cate their character , do ...
... happiness . Hawes . CHARACTER , ITS VINDICATION . - As they who , for every slight infirmity , take physic to repair their health , do rather impair it ; so they who , for every trifle , are eager to vindi- cate their character , do ...
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... happiness ; and that the sum of our being is to live wisely , soberly , and righteously . McDonough . CONDUCT . - Fools measure actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and right . The ...
... happiness ; and that the sum of our being is to live wisely , soberly , and righteously . McDonough . CONDUCT . - Fools measure actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and right . The ...
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... happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a pearl of great price , and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand ...
... happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a pearl of great price , and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand ...
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