World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... mean approbation . - Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong . - Charron ...
... mean approbation . - Colton . ADVICE OF FRIENDS . - The advice of our friends must be attended to with a judicious reserve ; we must not give our- selves up to it , and blindly follow their determination , right or wrong . - Charron ...
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... it more than any other against whom it is directed.- Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . — To rule one's anger is well ; to prevent it is better . - Edwards . ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you 20 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... it more than any other against whom it is directed.- Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . — To rule one's anger is well ; to prevent it is better . - Edwards . ANTIQUARIANISM . - I do by no means advise you 20 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... means advise you to throw away your time , in ransacking , like a dull antiquarian , the minute and unimportant parts of remote and fabulous times . Let blockheads read , what blockheads wrote . - Chesterfield's Letters . APHORISMS ...
... means advise you to throw away your time , in ransacking , like a dull antiquarian , the minute and unimportant parts of remote and fabulous times . Let blockheads read , what blockheads wrote . - Chesterfield's Letters . APHORISMS ...
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... means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their ...
... means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good , than merely in having it . They should not reserve their ...
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... means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . - Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words steps , form the alphabet by ...
... means rapid in its growth . It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet , but like that gourd it may perish in a night . - Taylor . CHARACTER , ITS MANIFESTATION .-- Actions , looks , words steps , form the alphabet by ...
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