Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from various authors, by T. Nixon1806 - 162 pages |
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... soul ; the philo- sopher , the saint , and the hero , the wise , the good , or the great man , very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian , which a proper educa- tion might have disinterred , and brought to light . Dissimulation in ...
... soul ; the philo- sopher , the saint , and the hero , the wise , the good , or the great man , very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian , which a proper educa- tion might have disinterred , and brought to light . Dissimulation in ...
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... under all shapes with decency and resolution ? To do this is to be great above ti- tle and fortune . This argues the soul of a heavenly extraction , and is worthy the off- spring of TEMPERANCE , PRUDENCE AND FORTITUDE . 23.
... under all shapes with decency and resolution ? To do this is to be great above ti- tle and fortune . This argues the soul of a heavenly extraction , and is worthy the off- spring of TEMPERANCE , PRUDENCE AND FORTITUDE . 23.
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... soul is igno- rant , and whose life is immoral . Riches cannot purchase worthy endow- ments ; they make us neither more wise , nor more healthy . None but intellectual pleasures are what we can properly call our own . The luxurious live ...
... soul is igno- rant , and whose life is immoral . Riches cannot purchase worthy endow- ments ; they make us neither more wise , nor more healthy . None but intellectual pleasures are what we can properly call our own . The luxurious live ...
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... soul that converses no higher than the looking glass , and a fantastic dress , may help to make up the show of the world ; but must not be reckoned among the rational inhabitants of it . If sensuality were pleasure , beasts are hap ...
... soul that converses no higher than the looking glass , and a fantastic dress , may help to make up the show of the world ; but must not be reckoned among the rational inhabitants of it . If sensuality were pleasure , beasts are hap ...
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... soul . Our pleasures , for the most part , are short , false , and deceitful ; and like drunken- ness , revenge the jolly madness of one hour with the sad repentance of many . All men of estates are , in effect , but trus- tees for the ...
... soul . Our pleasures , for the most part , are short , false , and deceitful ; and like drunken- ness , revenge the jolly madness of one hour with the sad repentance of many . All men of estates are , in effect , but trus- tees for the ...
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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.