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... all the thoughts .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . " It's a great blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who ડી T C 00 replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... all the thoughts .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . " It's a great blessing to possess what one wishes , " said some one to an ancient philosopher , who ડી T C 00 replied , " It's a greater blessing still , not 48 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... possess . " CONTENTMENT . - A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of ...
... possess . " CONTENTMENT . - A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of ...
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... possess wealth , as that may be said to possess him . - Lord Bacon . COVETOUSNESS . - The only gratification a covetous man gives his neighbors is , to let them see that he himself is as little better for what he has , as they are ...
... possess wealth , as that may be said to possess him . - Lord Bacon . COVETOUSNESS . - The only gratification a covetous man gives his neighbors is , to let them see that he himself is as little better for what he has , as they are ...
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... possesses it ; cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapa- ble of bringing about even those events which he might have done , had he passed only for a plain man . Discretion is the perfection of reason ...
... possesses it ; cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapa- ble of bringing about even those events which he might have done , had he passed only for a plain man . Discretion is the perfection of reason ...
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... possess . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good fortune , we shall lose the pleasure of it when it arrives , and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly ...
... possess . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good fortune , we shall lose the pleasure of it when it arrives , and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly ...
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