 | Adam Ferguson - 1805 - 80 pages
...city," says Epictetus, " not by raising the roofs, but by " exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens ; for " it is better that great souls should live in...small " habitations than that abject slaves should bur" row in great houses V To the benevolent the satisfaction of others is a ground of enjoyment; and... | |
 | Epictetus - 1807 - 800 pages
...Benefits on your City, not by raising the Roofs, but by exalting the Souls [of your Fellow-Citizens]. For it is better, that great Souls should live in...that abject Slaves should burrow in great Houses. LXXVII. Do not variegate the Structure of your Walls with Euboean and Spartan Stone : but adorn both... | |
 | Adam Ferguson - 1809 - 484 pages
...the world. " You will confer the greatest benefit on your city," says Epictetus, " not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow citizens;...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses."* To the benevolent, the satisfaction of others is a ground of enjoyment; and existence itself, in a... | |
 | 1840 - 456 pages
...benefit on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens ; forjt is better that great souls should live in small habitations,...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses." Plato considered that " the laws of nature taught the great advantages of prudence, temperance, justice,... | |
 | 1878 - 300 pages
...will confer the greatest benefits on your city, not by raising its roofs, but by exalting its souls. For it is better that great souls should live in small...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses. — Epictetus. Of course any earnest man would rejoice to have all men to share the faith and hope... | |
 | 1881 - 792 pages
...will confer the greatest benefit on your city, not by raising its roofs, but by exalting its souls. For it is better that great souls should live in small habitations, than that abject slaves should borrow in great houses. Epictetus. APRIL 24. LESSON XVII. 1881. First Sunday after Easter. Luke xii.... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1853 - 588 pages
...benefit on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens ; for it is better that great souls should live in small...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses." Plato considered that " the laws of nature taught the great advantages of prudence, temperance, justice,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...benefits on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens. For it is better that great souls should live in small...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses.— Epictetus. 646. of the generality ; to be. neglected perhaps, or misrepresented, by his contemporaries;... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...benefits on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens. For it is better that great souls should live in small...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses.— Epictetus. 646. He who would live for future generations, must have his thoughts occupied, but his... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson - 1861 - 76 pages
...benefit on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens. For it is better that great souls should live in small...that abject slaves should burrow in great houses." — With research and accuracy equally characteristic, does Dr. Wilson assert the experience of Protestant... | |
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You will confer the greatest benefit on your city,' says Epictetus, 'not by raising the roofs, but by exalting the souls of your fellow-citizens; for it is better that great souls should live in small habitations, than that abject slaves should burrow... 
