| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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, —... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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