World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... prosperity , a refuge in adversity , an entertainment at all times it cheers in solitude , and gives moderation and wisdom in all circumstances . - Palmer . LEARNING , POPULAR . - Learning once made popular is 7 * THE WORLD'S LACONICS ...
... prosperity , a refuge in adversity , an entertainment at all times it cheers in solitude , and gives moderation and wisdom in all circumstances . - Palmer . LEARNING , POPULAR . - Learning once made popular is 7 * THE WORLD'S LACONICS ...
Page 197
... prosperity of people is proportionat to the number of hands and minds usefully employed . To the community , sedition is a fever , corruption is a gangrene , and idleness is an atrophy . Whatever body , and whatever society wastes more ...
... prosperity of people is proportionat to the number of hands and minds usefully employed . To the community , sedition is a fever , corruption is a gangrene , and idleness is an atrophy . Whatever body , and whatever society wastes more ...
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... PROSPERITY . - Prosperity has this property , it puffs up narrow souls , makes them imagine themselves high and mighty , and look down upon the world with contempt ; but a truly noble and resolved spirit appears greatest in distress ...
... PROSPERITY . - Prosperity has this property , it puffs up narrow souls , makes them imagine themselves high and mighty , and look down upon the world with contempt ; but a truly noble and resolved spirit appears greatest in distress ...
Page 229
... PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY . — Âs full ears load and lay corn , so does too much fortune bend and break the mind . It deserves to be considered , too , as another disadvantage , that affliction moves pity , and reconciles our very enemies ...
... PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY . — Âs full ears load and lay corn , so does too much fortune bend and break the mind . It deserves to be considered , too , as another disadvantage , that affliction moves pity , and reconciles our very enemies ...
Page 262
... Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examin- ing our conduct , but as adversity leads us to think properly of our state , it is most beneficial to us . ― Johnson . RICHES AND REPUTATION . - A man who succeeds to his father's ...
... Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examin- ing our conduct , but as adversity leads us to think properly of our state , it is most beneficial to us . ― Johnson . RICHES AND REPUTATION . - A man who succeeds to his father's ...
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