The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best AuthorsM. W.. Dodd, 1853 - 432 pages |
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... wise provision of Providence , that it is only thoughts that are really worth preserving , that even tho press has the power to embalm : —the rest , however they may sport their little hour , are quickly numbered with the things that ...
... wise provision of Providence , that it is only thoughts that are really worth preserving , that even tho press has the power to embalm : —the rest , however they may sport their little hour , are quickly numbered with the things that ...
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... wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , and makes the idle industrious . ADVERSITY , ITS SUFFERING - Ovid finely compares a man of broken fortune to a falling column ; the ...
... wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , and makes the idle industrious . ADVERSITY , ITS SUFFERING - Ovid finely compares a man of broken fortune to a falling column ; the ...
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... wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius . AFFLICTION , ITS EFFECT . - As threshing seperates the wheat from the chaff , so does affliction purify virtue . - Burton ...
... wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius . AFFLICTION , ITS EFFECT . - As threshing seperates the wheat from the chaff , so does affliction purify virtue . - Burton ...
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... wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be de- stroyed . Solomon . - ASSOCIATION OF THE GOOD.— -When bad men combine , the good must associate ; else they will fall , one by one , an un- pitied sacrifice in a ...
... wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be de- stroyed . Solomon . - ASSOCIATION OF THE GOOD.— -When bad men combine , the good must associate ; else they will fall , one by one , an un- pitied sacrifice in a ...
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... wise are polite all the world over ; but that fools are only polite at home . - Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . -As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make ...
... wise are polite all the world over ; but that fools are only polite at home . - Goldsmith . CEREMONY AND GOOD BREEDING . -As ceremony is the in- vention of wise men to keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make ...
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