World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... rest , however they may sport their little hour , are quickly numbered with the things that have been . The man who makes a book that has in it a principle of true intellectual vitality , —a book that contains glorious thoughts that can ...
... rest , however they may sport their little hour , are quickly numbered with the things that have been . The man who makes a book that has in it a principle of true intellectual vitality , —a book that contains glorious thoughts that can ...
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... rest ; but first be certain that he wrote it all alone , and without thinking of publisher or reader . - Lavater . CHARACTER , ITS VALUE . - Character is like stock in trade ; the more of it a man possesses , the greater his facilities ...
... rest ; but first be certain that he wrote it all alone , and without thinking of publisher or reader . - Lavater . CHARACTER , ITS VALUE . - Character is like stock in trade ; the more of it a man possesses , the greater his facilities ...
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... rest , how composed his mind , how free from care , how easy his position , how moist his mouth , how joyful his heart , they would never admire the noises , the diseases , the throngs of passions , and the violence of unnatural appe ...
... rest , how composed his mind , how free from care , how easy his position , how moist his mouth , how joyful his heart , they would never admire the noises , the diseases , the throngs of passions , and the violence of unnatural appe ...
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... rest of the company are allowed to have none ; it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . - Sir W. Temple . CONTROVERSY . - All controversies that can never ...
... rest of the company are allowed to have none ; it is something to sparkle among diamonds ; but to shine among pebbles is neither credit nor value worth the pretending . - Sir W. Temple . CONTROVERSY . - All controversies that can never ...
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... rest , which we call life , is spent with sat- isfaction , we should be more tender of our friends , than to bring them little sorrows which do not belong to them . There is no real life but cheerful life ; therefore valetudinarians ...
... rest , which we call life , is spent with sat- isfaction , we should be more tender of our friends , than to bring them little sorrows which do not belong to them . There is no real life but cheerful life ; therefore valetudinarians ...
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