World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what ...
... Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what ...
Page 74
... rich and sweet a lustre to the cheek of innocence , as the tears of filial sorrow.— -St . Julian . E. EARLY RISING . The difference between rising at five and seven o'clock in the morning , for the space of forty years , supposing a man ...
... rich and sweet a lustre to the cheek of innocence , as the tears of filial sorrow.— -St . Julian . E. EARLY RISING . The difference between rising at five and seven o'clock in the morning , for the space of forty years , supposing a man ...
Page 81
... rich or powerful a man may be , it is the height of folly to make personal enemies ; for one unguarded moment ( and who could sup- port the horrors of a never ceasing vigilance ? ) may yield you to the revenge of the most despicable of ...
... rich or powerful a man may be , it is the height of folly to make personal enemies ; for one unguarded moment ( and who could sup- port the horrors of a never ceasing vigilance ? ) may yield you to the revenge of the most despicable of ...
Page 90
... rich man to be healthy , is by exercise and abstinence , to live as if he was poor ; which are esteemed the worst parts of poverty.- Sir W. Temple . EXERTION . Never live in hope or expectation , while your arms are folded . God helps ...
... rich man to be healthy , is by exercise and abstinence , to live as if he was poor ; which are esteemed the worst parts of poverty.- Sir W. Temple . EXERTION . Never live in hope or expectation , while your arms are folded . God helps ...
Page 108
... rich and the great would be better able to satisfy their cred- itors ; they would be better able to marry their children ; and instead of one marriage at present , there might be two , if such regulations took place . Goldsmith ...
... rich and the great would be better able to satisfy their cred- itors ; they would be better able to marry their children ; and instead of one marriage at present , there might be two , if such regulations took place . Goldsmith ...
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