Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 3C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... wise , than to make him honest : for the will is only to be reclaimed in one , but the understanding is to be informed in the other . - Dryden . CXXXVII . Inviolable fidelity , good humour , and complacency of temper , outlive all the ...
... wise , than to make him honest : for the will is only to be reclaimed in one , but the understanding is to be informed in the other . - Dryden . CXXXVII . Inviolable fidelity , good humour , and complacency of temper , outlive all the ...
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... wise fathers there are in the world , who consider it as a notable mark of a martial spirit , when they hear their sons miscall , or see them domi- neer over a peasant or lacquey , that dares not reply or turn again ; and a great sign ...
... wise fathers there are in the world , who consider it as a notable mark of a martial spirit , when they hear their sons miscall , or see them domi- neer over a peasant or lacquey , that dares not reply or turn again ; and a great sign ...
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... a dispute ; as two diamonds , encountering , contribute to each other's lustre . But , perhaps , the odds is much against the man of taste , in this particular . - Shenstone . CCXVIII . A wise man is never less alone , 44 LACONICS .
... a dispute ; as two diamonds , encountering , contribute to each other's lustre . But , perhaps , the odds is much against the man of taste , in this particular . - Shenstone . CCXVIII . A wise man is never less alone , 44 LACONICS .
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. CCXVIII . A wise man is never less alone , than when he is alone : Nunquam minus solus , quam cùm solus . — Swift . CCXIX . The precept , " Know yourself , " was not solely intended to ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. CCXVIII . A wise man is never less alone , than when he is alone : Nunquam minus solus , quam cùm solus . — Swift . CCXIX . The precept , " Know yourself , " was not solely intended to ...
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... wise powers Deny us for our good ; so we find profit , By losing of our prayers . CCLXVIII . Shakspeare . In Westminster Hall , you may outlaw a man for forty shillings , which is their excommunication ; and you can do no more for forty ...
... wise powers Deny us for our good ; so we find profit , By losing of our prayers . CCLXVIII . Shakspeare . In Westminster Hall , you may outlaw a man for forty shillings , which is their excommunication ; and you can do no more for forty ...
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