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... friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon common alms , gets him his set of ad- mirers , and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him . This ...
... friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon common alms , gets him his set of ad- mirers , and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him . This ...
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... friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb which says , very justly , “ Tell me with whom you live , and I will you who you are . " tell ASSOCIATES . - You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good , and ...
... friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb which says , very justly , “ Tell me with whom you live , and I will you who you are . " tell ASSOCIATES . - You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good , and ...
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Tryon Edwards. man whose intimate friends are all good , and whose enemies are characters decidedly bad . — Lavater . ASSOCIATES , THEir influence . He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be de ...
Tryon Edwards. man whose intimate friends are all good , and whose enemies are characters decidedly bad . — Lavater . ASSOCIATES , THEir influence . He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be de ...
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... friend , the wife , the god of the money - monger of the world . - Penn . AVARICE NOT SAGACITY . - Some men are called sagacious , merely on account of their avarice ; whereas , a child can clench its fist the moment it is born ...
... friend , the wife , the god of the money - monger of the world . - Penn . AVARICE NOT SAGACITY . - Some men are called sagacious , merely on account of their avarice ; whereas , a child can clench its fist the moment it is born ...
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... friends may compliment him upon his sagacity , though criti- cism lifts her feeble voice in his praise , will seldom arrive at anf degree of perfection . The way to acquire lasting esteem , is not by the fewness of a writer's faults ...
... friends may compliment him upon his sagacity , though criti- cism lifts her feeble voice in his praise , will seldom arrive at anf degree of perfection . The way to acquire lasting esteem , is not by the fewness of a writer's faults ...
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