World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Tryon Edwards. THE WORLD'S LACONICS . A. BSENCE . Absence lessens small passions , and increases great ones ; as the wind extinguishes the taper , and kindles the burning dwelling . ABSURDITIES . - There is nothing so ridiculous that has ...
Tryon Edwards. THE WORLD'S LACONICS . A. BSENCE . Absence lessens small passions , and increases great ones ; as the wind extinguishes the taper , and kindles the burning dwelling . ABSURDITIES . - There is nothing so ridiculous that has ...
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... passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.— Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . - To rule one's prevent it ...
... passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.— Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . - To rule one's prevent it ...
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... passion must be cheer- ful and gay , not gloomy and melancholy . A propensity to hope and joy is real riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man ...
... passion must be cheer- ful and gay , not gloomy and melancholy . A propensity to hope and joy is real riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man ...
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... passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.- Chesterfield . COMPANY , WIIO UNPLEASANT IN . - Nature has left ...
... passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.- Chesterfield . COMPANY , WIIO UNPLEASANT IN . - Nature has left ...
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... passions , and the violence of unnatural appe- tites , that fill the house of the luxurious , and the heart of the ambitious . - Bishop Taylor . CONTENTMENT , ITS EFFECTS .-- Contentment swells a mite into a talent , and makes even the ...
... passions , and the violence of unnatural appe- tites , that fill the house of the luxurious , and the heart of the ambitious . - Bishop Taylor . CONTENTMENT , ITS EFFECTS .-- Contentment swells a mite into a talent , and makes even the ...
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