World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 68
... everything else . Their difference begets contradic- tion ; contradiction begets heat ; heat quickly rises into re- sentment , rage , and ill - will . Thus they differ in affections , as they differ in judgment ; and the contention ...
... everything else . Their difference begets contradic- tion ; contradiction begets heat ; heat quickly rises into re- sentment , rage , and ill - will . Thus they differ in affections , as they differ in judgment ; and the contention ...
Page 92
... everything : it is hard to tell whether the statesman at the top of the world , or the ploughman at the bottom , labors hardest . EYE . That fine part of our constitution , the eye , seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions ...
... everything : it is hard to tell whether the statesman at the top of the world , or the ploughman at the bottom , labors hardest . EYE . That fine part of our constitution , the eye , seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions ...
Page 97
... are the food of this species , fish of that , and flesh of a third . Man falls upon everything that comes in his way ; not the smallest fruit or excrescence of the earth , scarce a berry or a mushroom THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 97.
... are the food of this species , fish of that , and flesh of a third . Man falls upon everything that comes in his way ; not the smallest fruit or excrescence of the earth , scarce a berry or a mushroom THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 97.
Page 103
... heard that it is vastly silly to be- lieve everything , they take for granted that it must be vastly wise to believe nothing . They therefore set up for free . thinkers , though their only stock in trade is , THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 103.
... heard that it is vastly silly to be- lieve everything , they take for granted that it must be vastly wise to believe nothing . They therefore set up for free . thinkers , though their only stock in trade is , THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 103.
Page 108
... Everything that looks to the future , ele- vates human nature ; for never is life so low , or so little , as when occupied with the present . Landon . - FUTURE , THE , ANXIETY FOR . - Many philosophers imagine that the elements ...
... Everything that looks to the future , ele- vates human nature ; for never is life so low , or so little , as when occupied with the present . Landon . - FUTURE , THE , ANXIETY FOR . - Many philosophers imagine that the elements ...
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