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... become defiled . CHARACTER , ELEMents of a good . — In a truly good char- acter we look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual determination to be governed by an ...
... become defiled . CHARACTER , ELEMents of a good . — In a truly good char- acter we look , first of all , for integrity , or an unbending regard to rectitude ; then for independence , or the habitual determination to be governed by an ...
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... becomes the secret chain of the society of mankind.— M. de Scudery . COMPLAISANCE . - Complaisance , though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be ...
... becomes the secret chain of the society of mankind.— M. de Scudery . COMPLAISANCE . - Complaisance , though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be ...
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... become the broad and deep river . DEBT . - Run not into debt , either for wares sold , or money borrowed ; be content to want things that are not of absolute necessity , rather than to run up the score such a man pays at the latter end ...
... become the broad and deep river . DEBT . - Run not into debt , either for wares sold , or money borrowed ; be content to want things that are not of absolute necessity , rather than to run up the score such a man pays at the latter end ...
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... becoming indifference . By this , a man in the lowest condition will not appear mean , or in the most splendid fortune insolent . - Johnson . DEVOTION IN THE YOUNG . - It is of the utmost importance to season the passions of the young ...
... becoming indifference . By this , a man in the lowest condition will not appear mean , or in the most splendid fortune insolent . - Johnson . DEVOTION IN THE YOUNG . - It is of the utmost importance to season the passions of the young ...
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... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
... become real ones by indulging our reflections on them ; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot , can , by two or three touches with a lead pencil , make it look visible , and agreeing with ...
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Page 237 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 402 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 190 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 297 - I will give it to you in short: for ' a word to the wise is enough,' as poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him G 2. to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows :— " Friends," says he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride,...
Page 402 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 140 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate, and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honor; but then the Trade must be worked at, and the Calling well followed, or neither the Estate, nor the Office, will enable us to pay our Taxes.— If we are industrious we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 314 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 138 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.
Page 29 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are...
Page 58 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.