World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 65
... pleasure and long life ; the barren , children ; the wanton , beauty ; each would be humored in his own desire , though in opposition both to God's will , and his own good . - Bishop Hall . DESIRES AND WANTS . — The stoical scheme of ...
... pleasure and long life ; the barren , children ; the wanton , beauty ; each would be humored in his own desire , though in opposition both to God's will , and his own good . - Bishop Hall . DESIRES AND WANTS . — The stoical scheme of ...
Page 66
... pleasure of it when it arrives , and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly counted on.- . -Addison . DESPAIR .-- Despair is like froward children , who , when you take away one of their playthings , throw the rest into ...
... pleasure of it when it arrives , and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly counted on.- . -Addison . DESPAIR .-- Despair is like froward children , who , when you take away one of their playthings , throw the rest into ...
Page 71
... pleasure instead of promoting it . - Saville . DOING WELL.— . -Rest satisfied with doing well , and leave others to talk of you as they please . - Pythagoras . Dowry , THE BEST . - The best dowry to advance the mar- riage of your child ...
... pleasure instead of promoting it . - Saville . DOING WELL.— . -Rest satisfied with doing well , and leave others to talk of you as they please . - Pythagoras . Dowry , THE BEST . - The best dowry to advance the mar- riage of your child ...
Page 72
... pleasure , the third for shame , and the fourth for madness . - Anacharsis . DRINKING.The maxim , ' in vino veritas- -a man who is well warmed with wine , will speak truth , ' may be an argu- ment for drinking , if you suppose men in ...
... pleasure , the third for shame , and the fourth for madness . - Anacharsis . DRINKING.The maxim , ' in vino veritas- -a man who is well warmed with wine , will speak truth , ' may be an argu- ment for drinking , if you suppose men in ...
Page 73
... pleasures of getting intoxicated , but forgets the pains of getting sober . Colton . DRUNKENNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - All excess is ill ; but drunk enness is of the worst sort . It spoils health , dismounts the mind , and unmans men . It ...
... pleasures of getting intoxicated , but forgets the pains of getting sober . Colton . DRUNKENNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - All excess is ill ; but drunk enness is of the worst sort . It spoils health , dismounts the mind , and unmans men . It ...
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