World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 14
Page 54
... education , that improves all the virtue , and corrects all the vice of the former , and of nature itself.- Clarendon . COUNTRY AND CITY . - The corruptions of the country are closely allied to those of the town , with no 54 THE WORLD'S ...
... education , that improves all the virtue , and corrects all the vice of the former , and of nature itself.- Clarendon . COUNTRY AND CITY . - The corruptions of the country are closely allied to those of the town , with no 54 THE WORLD'S ...
Page 75
... EDUCATION . What sculpture is to a block of marble , education is to the human soul . The philosopher , the saint , the hero , the wise , and the good , or the great , very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian , which a proper THE ...
... EDUCATION . What sculpture is to a block of marble , education is to the human soul . The philosopher , the saint , the hero , the wise , and the good , or the great , very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian , which a proper THE ...
Page 76
... EDUCATION AN INHERITANCE .-- An industrious and virtuous education of children is a better inheritance for them than a great estate . Addison . EDUCATION AN INVESTMENT . - If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it ...
... EDUCATION AN INHERITANCE .-- An industrious and virtuous education of children is a better inheritance for them than a great estate . Addison . EDUCATION AN INVESTMENT . - If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it ...
Page 77
... education.- Locke . EDUCATION OF CHILDREN . — The education of our children is never out of my mind . Train them to virtue , habituate Make them consider Fire them with ambi- them to industry , activity , and spirit . every vice as ...
... education.- Locke . EDUCATION OF CHILDREN . — The education of our children is never out of my mind . Train them to virtue , habituate Make them consider Fire them with ambi- them to industry , activity , and spirit . every vice as ...
Page 78
... EDUCATION , RELIGIOUS . - What is it ? It is awakening a love for truth ; giving a just sense of duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much giving words , as thoughts -- mere maxims , as ...
... EDUCATION , RELIGIOUS . - What is it ? It is awakening a love for truth ; giving a just sense of duty ; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life . It is not so much giving words , as thoughts -- mere maxims , as ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actions Addison Anacharsis atheist Bacon beauty better Bible blessing censure character cheerful Chesterfield Christian Cicero Colton conscience conversation death delight desire doth enemies enjoyment envy ET VERITAS eternity evil faith faults flatter folly fool fortune friends friendship give glory Goldsmith greatest habit happiness hath heart heaven honest honor human idle INDIANENSIS John Webster judgment keep knowledge labor learning liberty live live twice look Lord Bacon man's mankind MARRIAGE Massinger MDCCCXX men's mind moral nature ness never opinion ourselves pains passions person Philip of Macedon pleasure poor Pope possess praise pride Raleigh reason religion repentance rich rience sense Shakspeare Sidney SIGILLUM SLANDER sorrow soul spirit temper THE.-The thee things thou thoughts tion tongue true truth vanity VERITAS vice virtue virtuous wealth wisdom wise words Young youth