World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 27
... Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what ...
... Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what ...
Page 37
... riches , and loving favor rather than silver and gold.- Solomon . CHARACTER , A GOOD . - The character is like white paper ; if once blotted , it can hardly ever be made to appear as white as before . One wrong step often stains the ...
... riches , and loving favor rather than silver and gold.- Solomon . CHARACTER , A GOOD . - The character is like white paper ; if once blotted , it can hardly ever be made to appear as white as before . One wrong step often stains the ...
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... riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise ...
... riches ; one to fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise ...
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... which the alchymist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone ; and if it does not bring riches , it does the same thing by 3 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 49 replied, "It's a greater blessing still, not ...
... which the alchymist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone ; and if it does not bring riches , it does the same thing by 3 THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 49 replied, "It's a greater blessing still, not ...
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... riches , it does the same thing by banishing the de- sire of them . If it cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind , body , or fortune , it makes him easy un- der them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT ITS EFFECTS .-- There is ...
... riches , it does the same thing by banishing the de- sire of them . If it cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind , body , or fortune , it makes him easy un- der them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT ITS EFFECTS .-- There is ...
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