World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... religion ; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action : like an impudent debtor , who goes every day to talk familiarly to his creditor , without ever paying what he owes . - Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER ...
... religion ; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action : like an impudent debtor , who goes every day to talk familiarly to his creditor , without ever paying what he owes . - Pope . ATHEIST , HIS CHARACTER ...
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... religion , to frighten 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 ...
... religion , to frighten 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 ...
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... religion ; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain method of bringing either into contempt . The weak must have their inducements to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government to ...
... religion ; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain method of bringing either into contempt . The weak must have their inducements to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government to ...
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... religion no happiness ; and that the sum of our being is to live wisely , soberly , and righteously . — McDonough . CONDUCT . - Fools measure actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and ...
... religion no happiness ; and that the sum of our being is to live wisely , soberly , and righteously . — McDonough . CONDUCT . - Fools measure actions after they are done by the event ; wise men beforehand , by the rules of reason and ...
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... religion , are eminently solemn and venerable in the eyes of children . But none will so strongly prove the sincerity of the parent : none so powerfully awaken the reverence of the child ; none so happily recommend the instruction he ...
... religion , are eminently solemn and venerable in the eyes of children . But none will so strongly prove the sincerity of the parent : none so powerfully awaken the reverence of the child ; none so happily recommend the instruction he ...
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