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... DESIRES OF THE WISE . - A wise man will desire no more than he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and leave contentedly . DESIRES , THEIR EFFECT . When a man's desires are boundless , his labor is endless ; they will ...
... DESIRES OF THE WISE . - A wise man will desire no more than he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and leave contentedly . DESIRES , THEIR EFFECT . When a man's desires are boundless , his labor is endless ; they will ...
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... desires to the happiness of any living creature . It did not make Augustus respect the life of Cicero , nor the pupil of Aristotle to restrain his passions . If undirected by virtue , knowledge is but the servant of vice , and tends ...
... desires to the happiness of any living creature . It did not make Augustus respect the life of Cicero , nor the pupil of Aristotle to restrain his passions . If undirected by virtue , knowledge is but the servant of vice , and tends ...
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... was probably the reason , that in the heathen mythology , Momus is said to be the son of Nox , and Somnus of Darkness and Sleep . - Addison . 1 ENVY AND DESIRE . - All envy is proportionate to 84 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... was probably the reason , that in the heathen mythology , Momus is said to be the son of Nox , and Somnus of Darkness and Sleep . - Addison . 1 ENVY AND DESIRE . - All envy is proportionate to 84 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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Tryon Edwards. ENVY AND DESIRE . - All envy is proportionate to desire ; we are uneasy at the attainments of another , according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us ; and ...
Tryon Edwards. ENVY AND DESIRE . - All envy is proportionate to desire ; we are uneasy at the attainments of another , according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us ; and ...
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... desires which were raised about them , and they vanish into nothing .-- Tillotson .. EXPECTATION .-- We part more easily with what we pos- sess , than with the expectation of what we wish for : and the reason of it is , that what we ...
... desires which were raised about them , and they vanish into nothing .-- Tillotson .. EXPECTATION .-- We part more easily with what we pos- sess , than with the expectation of what we wish for : and the reason of it is , that what we ...
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