World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... passions , and increases great ones ; as the wind extinguishes the taper , and kindles the burning dwelling . ABSURDITIES . - There is nothing so ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher . The writers of books ...
... passions , and increases great ones ; as the wind extinguishes the taper , and kindles the burning dwelling . ABSURDITIES . - There is nothing so ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher . The writers of books ...
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... passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.- Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . — To rule one's anger is ...
... passion that accompanies the mind of man ; it effects noth- ing it goes about ; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.- Clar endon . ANGER , ITS PREVENTION . — To rule one's anger is ...
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... passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint . - Chesterfield . COMPANY , WHO UNPLEASANT IN . - Nature has left ...
... passions . - Spectator . COMPANY , RESTRAINT IN . - No man can possibly improve in any company , for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint . - Chesterfield . COMPANY , WHO UNPLEASANT IN . - Nature has left ...
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... passions , and the violence of unnatural appe- tites , that fill the house of the luxurious , and the heart of the ambitious.Bishop Taylor . CONTENTMENT , ITS EFFECTS . -Contentment swells a mite into a talent , and makes even the poor ...
... passions , and the violence of unnatural appe- tites , that fill the house of the luxurious , and the heart of the ambitious.Bishop Taylor . CONTENTMENT , ITS EFFECTS . -Contentment swells a mite into a talent , and makes even the poor ...
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... passion be sincere , and the party beloved , kind , with discretion . Love , desire , hope , all the pleasing motions of the soul , rise in the pursuit . Addison . COVETOUSNESS . — If money be not thy servant , it will be thy master ...
... passion be sincere , and the party beloved , kind , with discretion . Love , desire , hope , all the pleasing motions of the soul , rise in the pursuit . Addison . COVETOUSNESS . — If money be not thy servant , it will be thy master ...
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