Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... not make men vent any thing so impure and odious as anger doth ; and besides , what proceeds from wine , is usually entertained with jest and laughter ; B 2 LACONICS . 3 ornaments, and look only on those general habits which ...
... not make men vent any thing so impure and odious as anger doth ; and besides , what proceeds from wine , is usually entertained with jest and laughter ; B 2 LACONICS . 3 ornaments, and look only on those general habits which ...
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... thing more commended than peace and silence . -Plutarch . XI . You shali seldom find a dull fellow of good education , but , if he happens to have any leisure upon his hands , will turn his head to one of those two amusements for all ...
... thing more commended than peace and silence . -Plutarch . XI . You shali seldom find a dull fellow of good education , but , if he happens to have any leisure upon his hands , will turn his head to one of those two amusements for all ...
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... thing is dubious , one can no way better judge of the true intent of it , than by considering who is the author , what is his character in general , and his dis- position in particular . - Pope . XXVIII . Haste and rashnesse are storms ...
... thing is dubious , one can no way better judge of the true intent of it , than by considering who is the author , what is his character in general , and his dis- position in particular . - Pope . XXVIII . Haste and rashnesse are storms ...
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... thing ; or , when he has proved you , with nothing . - Lavater . L. A man in much business must either make himself a knave , or else the world will make him a fool ; and if the injury went no farther than the being laughed at , a c ...
... thing ; or , when he has proved you , with nothing . - Lavater . L. A man in much business must either make himself a knave , or else the world will make him a fool ; and if the injury went no farther than the being laughed at , a c ...
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... thing , with engines , will go no longer than they are wound or weighed up . - Fuller . LIV . Praise is not to be the entertainment of every moment . He that hopes for it , must be able to suspend the posses- sion of it till proper ...
... thing , with engines , will go no longer than they are wound or weighed up . - Fuller . LIV . Praise is not to be the entertainment of every moment . He that hopes for it , must be able to suspend the posses- sion of it till proper ...
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