Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures , trade , and agriculture , naturally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty ; and as for those who are not obliged to labour , by the condi- tion in which they are born , they are ...
... fools . - Steele . III . Manufactures , trade , and agriculture , naturally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty ; and as for those who are not obliged to labour , by the condi- tion in which they are born , they are ...
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... fools of eminence , politics or poetry . The former of these arts is the study of all dull people in general ; but when dulness is lodged in a person of a quick animal life , it generally exerts itself in poetry . - Steele . XII ...
... fools of eminence , politics or poetry . The former of these arts is the study of all dull people in general ; but when dulness is lodged in a person of a quick animal life , it generally exerts itself in poetry . - Steele . XII ...
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... the art . — Sir J. Reynolds . XIX . An healthy old fellow , that is not a fool , is the happiest creature living It is at that time of life only , men enjoy their faculties with pleasure and satisfaction . It is then 2 3 LACONICS 5 XIV. ...
... the art . — Sir J. Reynolds . XIX . An healthy old fellow , that is not a fool , is the happiest creature living It is at that time of life only , men enjoy their faculties with pleasure and satisfaction . It is then 2 3 LACONICS 5 XIV. ...
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... fool , and cast him into what form he pleases . He is like a pike in a pond , that lives by rapine , and will sometimes venture on one of his own kind , and devour a knave as big as himself ; he will swallow a fool a great deal bigger ...
... fool , and cast him into what form he pleases . He is like a pike in a pond , that lives by rapine , and will sometimes venture on one of his own kind , and devour a knave as big as himself ; he will swallow a fool a great deal bigger ...
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... fools is the most honest , natural , open laugh in the world.- Steele . XLVIII . He who wants justice , and has wit ... fool ; and if the injury went no farther than the being laughed at , a c wise man would content himself with the ...
... fools is the most honest , natural , open laugh in the world.- Steele . XLVIII . He who wants justice , and has wit ... fool ; and if the injury went no farther than the being laughed at , a c wise man would content himself with the ...
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