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" Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie — for example, the taint of vanity, any attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance — will instantly... "
The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts ... - Page 651
edited by - 1882
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The Student: a magazine of theology, literature, and science

1844 - 1128 pages
...with thought. Its operation in life, though slow to the senses, is, at last, as sure as in the soul. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...walls. The least admixture of a lie, for example ; the smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance, will...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms...speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie—for example, the smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favourable...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie,—for example, the smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...admixture of a lie, — for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance, — will instantly vitiate the...
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The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volumes 1-3

Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance, will vitiate the effect ; but speak the truth, and all...all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance." This law is not only true of a man's outward life, but also of his inner life. We are dual in our nature,...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms...of vanity, any attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance — will instantly vitiate the effect. But speak the truth, and all nature and...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...The least admixture of a lie,— for example, the smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance, —...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...admixture of a lie — for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance — will instantly vitiate the...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...it, a man is made the Providence to himself, dispensing good to his goodness, and evil to his sin. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich ; alms...admixture of a lie — for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance — will instantly vitiate the...
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Manliness

John Brookes (F.G.S.) - 1875 - 152 pages
...smallest mixture of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favourable appearance—will instantly vitiate the effect ; but speak the truth,...all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance." "O, my brother," says Thomas Carlyle, "be not thou a quack ! Die rather, if thou wilt take counsel...
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