Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... Goldsmith . II . Whenever you commend , add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures , trade ...
... Goldsmith . II . Whenever you commend , add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures , trade ...
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... Goldsmith . XXXII . The task of our present writers requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books , that ex- perience which can never be attained by solitary diligence , but must arise from general converse and ...
... Goldsmith . XXXII . The task of our present writers requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books , that ex- perience which can never be attained by solitary diligence , but must arise from general converse and ...
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... Goldsmith . LXXVII . He that is a good man , is three quarters of his way towards the being a good christian , wheresoever he lives , or whatsoever he is called . South . LXXVIII . Raillery is no longer agreeable only while the whole ...
... Goldsmith . LXXVII . He that is a good man , is three quarters of his way towards the being a good christian , wheresoever he lives , or whatsoever he is called . South . LXXVIII . Raillery is no longer agreeable only while the whole ...
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... Goldsmith . LXXXVIII . He that impoverisheth his children to enrich his widow , destroys a quick hedge to make a dead one . — Fuller . LXXXIX . Many men knowing that merry company is the only medicine against melancholy , spend all ...
... Goldsmith . LXXXVIII . He that impoverisheth his children to enrich his widow , destroys a quick hedge to make a dead one . — Fuller . LXXXIX . Many men knowing that merry company is the only medicine against melancholy , spend all ...
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... Goldsmith . CXLV . Sweetness of temper is not an acquired , but a natural excellence ; and , therefore , to recommend it to those who have it not , may be deemed rather an insult than advice . --Adventurer . CXLVI . Philosophy , a name ...
... Goldsmith . CXLV . Sweetness of temper is not an acquired , but a natural excellence ; and , therefore , to recommend it to those who have it not , may be deemed rather an insult than advice . --Adventurer . CXLVI . Philosophy , a name ...
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