World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... keeps , " is an old proverb ; but it is no more true than that a man's character may be deter- mined by knowing what books he reads . If a good book can be read without making one better , a bad book cannot be read without making one ...
... keeps , " is an old proverb ; but it is no more true than that a man's character may be deter- mined by knowing what books he reads . If a good book can be read without making one better , a bad book cannot be read without making one ...
Page 30
... keep the masses of the world in ignorance ; but finding at length that they will read , he is doing all in his power to poison their books . - Kirk . BOOKS , THEIR ABUSE . — Books , while they teach us to re- spect the interests of ...
... keep the masses of the world in ignorance ; but finding at length that they will read , he is doing all in his power to poison their books . - Kirk . BOOKS , THEIR ABUSE . — Books , while they teach us to re- spect the interests of ...
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... keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals .-- Steele . CEREMONY IN GOVERNMENT . - Politics resemble religion ; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain method of ...
... keep fools at a distance , so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals .-- Steele . CEREMONY IN GOVERNMENT . - Politics resemble religion ; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain method of ...
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... keeps the enemy at a proper distance . It is for that reason that I always treat fools and coxcombs with great ceremony ; true good - breeding not being a sufficient barrier against them.- Chesterfield . CEREMONIES , VARIOUS ...
... keeps the enemy at a proper distance . It is for that reason that I always treat fools and coxcombs with great ceremony ; true good - breeding not being a sufficient barrier against them.- Chesterfield . CEREMONIES , VARIOUS ...
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... keeps up a daylight in the soul , filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity . CHEERFULNESS , CHRISTIAN . - Gratitude is the homage the heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation ...
... keeps up a daylight in the soul , filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity . CHEERFULNESS , CHRISTIAN . - Gratitude is the homage the heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation ...
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