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... reasoning concerning life , life is gone , and death , though perhaps they receive him differently vet treats alike the fool and the philosopher . - Hume . XXVI . Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging B 3 LACONICS . XXI. ...
... reasoning concerning life , life is gone , and death , though perhaps they receive him differently vet treats alike the fool and the philosopher . - Hume . XXVI . Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging B 3 LACONICS . XXI. ...
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... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
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... becomes acquainted with himself , particularly being free from flatterers . Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct , but as adversity leads us to think properly of our state , it is most beneficial to us ...
... becomes acquainted with himself , particularly being free from flatterers . Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct , but as adversity leads us to think properly of our state , it is most beneficial to us ...
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... become poor , and poverty will enforce dependence , and invite corruption . It will almost always produce a passive compliance with the wickedness of others , and there are few who do not learn by degrees to practise those crimes which ...
... become poor , and poverty will enforce dependence , and invite corruption . It will almost always produce a passive compliance with the wickedness of others , and there are few who do not learn by degrees to practise those crimes which ...
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... become a principal in the mischief . - Sheridan . CCXXVII . There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good nature , or something which must bear its appearance , and supply its place . For this reason ...
... become a principal in the mischief . - Sheridan . CCXXVII . There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good nature , or something which must bear its appearance , and supply its place . For this reason ...
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