Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from various authors, by T. Nixon1806 - 162 pages |
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... knowledge to love him . In infancy children acquire only the means of improvement ; from that time every day ought to add something to the cultivation of both head and heart . The highest degree of reverence should be paid to youth ...
... knowledge to love him . In infancy children acquire only the means of improvement ; from that time every day ought to add something to the cultivation of both head and heart . The highest degree of reverence should be paid to youth ...
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... greater ornament and perfection , than brightness of understand- ing ; and to be divinely good , more valuable than any other wisdom and knowledge .. What is the whole creation , but one great library 4 GENIUS , EDUCATION AND EXAMPLE .
... greater ornament and perfection , than brightness of understand- ing ; and to be divinely good , more valuable than any other wisdom and knowledge .. What is the whole creation , but one great library 4 GENIUS , EDUCATION AND EXAMPLE .
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... knowledge ; it will be suf- ficient to gather some of the fairest fruit from them all ; and to lay up a store of good sense , sound reason , and solid virtue . Learning is preferable to riches , and vir- tue to both . Useful knowledge ...
... knowledge ; it will be suf- ficient to gather some of the fairest fruit from them all ; and to lay up a store of good sense , sound reason , and solid virtue . Learning is preferable to riches , and vir- tue to both . Useful knowledge ...
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T Nixon. The main opportunity for knowledge is after this life ; but the only opportunity of being good is now ; and , if we take care to improve this we are sufficiently secure of the other ; but if this be neglected , all is lost ...
T Nixon. The main opportunity for knowledge is after this life ; but the only opportunity of being good is now ; and , if we take care to improve this we are sufficiently secure of the other ; but if this be neglected , all is lost ...
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... knowledge , is to be blind in the light ! to be proud of virtue is to poi- son yourself with the antidote ; to be proud of authority is to make your rise your dawn . fal . The tallest trees are most in the power of the AMBITION , ENVY ...
... knowledge , is to be blind in the light ! to be proud of virtue is to poi- son yourself with the antidote ; to be proud of authority is to make your rise your dawn . fal . The tallest trees are most in the power of the AMBITION , ENVY ...
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Page 138 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 138 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 151 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 9 - Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth...
Page 109 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 1 - What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and have brought to light.
Page 59 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Page 64 - He who receives a good turn should never forget it : he who does one should never remember it.
Page 103 - Earth in the following manner : " For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play, and are weary, and then we lie down again, and the circle returns. We spend the day in trifles, and when the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, among dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations.
Page 139 - I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.