World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... fools ourselves than to have others so . - Pope . ABUSE . Cato , being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow , quietly said to him , " A contest between us is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and ...
... fools ourselves than to have others so . - Pope . ABUSE . Cato , being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow , quietly said to him , " A contest between us is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and ...
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... fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , and makes the idle industrious . ADVERSITY , ITS SUFFERING . — Ovid finely ...
... fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , and makes the idle industrious . ADVERSITY , ITS SUFFERING . — Ovid finely ...
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... fools shall be de- stroyed . - Solomon . ASSOCIATION OF THE GOOD . - When bad men combine , the good must associate ... fool ; if not , a liar ! " ATHEIST , THE . — Atheists put on a false courage and alac rity in the midst of their ...
... fools shall be de- stroyed . - Solomon . ASSOCIATION OF THE GOOD . - When bad men combine , the good must associate ... fool ; if not , a liar ! " ATHEIST , THE . — Atheists put on a false courage and alac rity in the midst of their ...
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... fools with her ghost.Colton . BIOGRAPHY . - The remains of great and good men , like Elijah's mantle , ought to be gathered up and preserved by survivors ; that as their works follow them in the reward of them , they may stay behind in ...
... fools with her ghost.Colton . BIOGRAPHY . - The remains of great and good men , like Elijah's mantle , ought to be gathered up and preserved by survivors ; that as their works follow them in the reward of them , they may stay behind in ...
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... fools are only polite at home.- Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . - As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals .-- Steele . CEREMONY ...
... fools are only polite at home.- Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . - As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals .-- Steele . CEREMONY ...
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