World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... soon find himself left alone . — A man should keep his friendship in constant repair . - Dr . Johnson . ACQUISITION .-- An unjust acquisition is like a barbed ar- row , which must be drawn backward with horrible anguish , or else will ...
... soon find himself left alone . — A man should keep his friendship in constant repair . - Dr . Johnson . ACQUISITION .-- An unjust acquisition is like a barbed ar- row , which must be drawn backward with horrible anguish , or else will ...
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... soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder.- Cow- ley . AIM HIGH - Aim at perfection in everything , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere , will come much nearer ...
... soon as he was so , he quitted our profession , and turned builder.- Cow- ley . AIM HIGH - Aim at perfection in everything , though in most things it is unattainable ; however , they who aim at it , and persevere , will come much nearer ...
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... soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness . - Sterne . CONTRADICTIONS OF THE BIBLE . - The Bible , like the world , has its paradoxes and contradictions , which , after all , are but parts of the same truth : just such ...
... soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness . - Sterne . CONTRADICTIONS OF THE BIBLE . - The Bible , like the world , has its paradoxes and contradictions , which , after all , are but parts of the same truth : just such ...
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... soon be ended , if those engaged in them would first accurate- ly define their terms , and then rigidly adhere to their defini- tions . - Edwards . CONTROVERSY , PROFITABLE . - There is no learned man but will confess he hath much ...
... soon be ended , if those engaged in them would first accurate- ly define their terms , and then rigidly adhere to their defini- tions . - Edwards . CONTROVERSY , PROFITABLE . - There is no learned man but will confess he hath much ...
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... soon tired of their own company , as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.- Colton . • CREDIT - Credit is like a looking - glass , which when only sullied by a breath , may be wiped clear again , but if once cracked ...
... soon tired of their own company , as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.- Colton . • CREDIT - Credit is like a looking - glass , which when only sullied by a breath , may be wiped clear again , but if once cracked ...
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