World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... and serenity to all the thoughts . - Addison . CONTENTMENT . " It's a great blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... and serenity to all the thoughts . - Addison . CONTENTMENT . " It's a great blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
Page 49
... CONTENTMENT : -A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life ... CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a pearl of great price , and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand ...
... CONTENTMENT : -A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life ... CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a pearl of great price , and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand ...
Page 50
... CONTENTMENT MUST BE WITHIN . - Alas ! if the principles of contentment are not within us , the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness . - Sterne . CONTRADICTIONS OF THE ...
... CONTENTMENT MUST BE WITHIN . - Alas ! if the principles of contentment are not within us , the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness . - Sterne . CONTRADICTIONS OF THE ...
Page 85
... error is always more busy than ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , from which we must and pro- first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 85.
... error is always more busy than ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , from which we must and pro- first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 85.
Page 86
... contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , ceeds in the same direction . Ignorance has no light , but error follows a false one . The consequence is , that error when she retraces her steps ...
... contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , ceeds in the same direction . Ignorance has no light , but error follows a false one . The consequence is , that error when she retraces her steps ...
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