World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... least to suppress and correct , our anger . - Clarendon . ANGER INJURES ITSELF . - Anger is like rain ; it breaks it- self upon that on which it falls . ANGER , ITS FOLLY . - To be angry , is to revenge the fault of others upon ...
... least to suppress and correct , our anger . - Clarendon . ANGER INJURES ITSELF . - Anger is like rain ; it breaks it- self upon that on which it falls . ANGER , ITS FOLLY . - To be angry , is to revenge the fault of others upon ...
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... least judicious , who , having nothing to recommend them- selves , will be finding fault with others . No man envies the merit of another , who has enough of his own . - Rule of Life . CENSURE . The censure of our fellow - men , which ...
... least judicious , who , having nothing to recommend them- selves , will be finding fault with others . No man envies the merit of another , who has enough of his own . - Rule of Life . CENSURE . The censure of our fellow - men , which ...
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... least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . CHARACTER , HOW GAINED . - A good character is , in all cases , the fruit of personal exertion . It is not ...
... least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . CHARACTER , HOW GAINED . - A good character is , in all cases , the fruit of personal exertion . It is not ...
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... least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write ? In logic they teach , that contraries laid together more evidently appear : it fol- lows , then , that all controversy being permitted , falsehood will appear more false , and ...
... least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write ? In logic they teach , that contraries laid together more evidently appear : it fol- lows , then , that all controversy being permitted , falsehood will appear more false , and ...
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... least learned at the age of twelve . Tissot . EDUCATION , RELIGIOUS . - What is it ? It is awakening a love for truth ; giving a just sense of duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much ...
... least learned at the age of twelve . Tissot . EDUCATION , RELIGIOUS . - What is it ? It is awakening a love for truth ; giving a just sense of duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much ...
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