World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... pride or pleasure in finding fault ; and is wounded by the bare suspicion of such disgraceful tyranny . But advice , divested of the harshness , and yet retaining the honest warmth of truth , " is like honey put round the brim of a ...
... pride or pleasure in finding fault ; and is wounded by the bare suspicion of such disgraceful tyranny . But advice , divested of the harshness , and yet retaining the honest warmth of truth , " is like honey put round the brim of a ...
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... pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind them who ever had any esteem of their wisdom and judgment . - Clarendon ...
... pride that never departs from them whilst they are alive , and they die in an opinion that they have left none wiser behind them , though they have left none behind them who ever had any esteem of their wisdom and judgment . - Clarendon ...
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... pride and folly , and an intention to do commonly more mis- chief than it can bring to pass : and without doubt , of all pas- sions which naturally disturb the mind of man , it is most in our power to extinguish , at least to suppress ...
... pride and folly , and an intention to do commonly more mis- chief than it can bring to pass : and without doubt , of all pas- sions which naturally disturb the mind of man , it is most in our power to extinguish , at least to suppress ...
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... pride , ends in anger.- Cato . DISAPPOINTMENT . — It is generally known , that he who ex- pects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect than that of producing a moral ...
... pride , ends in anger.- Cato . DISAPPOINTMENT . — It is generally known , that he who ex- pects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect than that of producing a moral ...
Page 80
... are grievously empty : a head without brains , a wit without judgment , a heart without hon- esty , and a purse without money . - Bishop Earle , EMULATION . - Worldly ambition is founded on pride or 80 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... are grievously empty : a head without brains , a wit without judgment , a heart without hon- esty , and a purse without money . - Bishop Earle , EMULATION . - Worldly ambition is founded on pride or 80 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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