World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page vii
... necessary to add that this is a work to be studied , rather than cursorily read ; and however the most superficial reader may be delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none but the thoughtful and earnest ...
... necessary to add that this is a work to be studied , rather than cursorily read ; and however the most superficial reader may be delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none but the thoughtful and earnest ...
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... necessary duties of active life ; for after all is done , it is action only that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary ...
... necessary duties of active life ; for after all is done , it is action only that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.— Cicero ADVERSARIES , THEIR GOOD DEEDS . - A generous , a brave , a noble deed , performed by an adversary ...
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... necessary to produce their due effect . A courteous man will mix what is conciliating with what is offensive ; praise with censure ; deference and respect , with the authority of admo- nition , so far as can be done in consistence with ...
... necessary to produce their due effect . A courteous man will mix what is conciliating with what is offensive ; praise with censure ; deference and respect , with the authority of admo- nition , so far as can be done in consistence with ...
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... necessary -to men of real science they are tools : but more are tools to them . - Joineriana , 1772 . Books , THEIR VALUE . - There is not so poor a book in the world , that would not be a prodigious effort , were it wrought out ...
... necessary -to men of real science they are tools : but more are tools to them . - Joineriana , 1772 . Books , THEIR VALUE . - There is not so poor a book in the world , that would not be a prodigious effort , were it wrought out ...
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... necessary to confute them ; for , said he , they are sparks , which if you do not blow them , will go out of themselves . " And , says Cato , " We cannot control the evil tongues of others , but a good life enables us to despise them ...
... necessary to confute them ; for , said he , they are sparks , which if you do not blow them , will go out of themselves . " And , says Cato , " We cannot control the evil tongues of others , but a good life enables us to despise them ...
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