World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 66
... rest into the fire for madness . It grows angry with itself , turns its own executioner , and revenges its misfortunes on its own head . It refuses to live under disappointments and crosses , and chooses rather not to be at all , than ...
... rest into the fire for madness . It grows angry with itself , turns its own executioner , and revenges its misfortunes on its own head . It refuses to live under disappointments and crosses , and chooses rather not to be at all , than ...
Page 69
... rest , and sets them at work in their proper places , and turns them to the advantage of their possessor . Without it , learning is pedantry ; wit , impertinence ; and virtue itself looks like weakness ; and the best parts only qualify ...
... rest , and sets them at work in their proper places , and turns them to the advantage of their possessor . Without it , learning is pedantry ; wit , impertinence ; and virtue itself looks like weakness ; and the best parts only qualify ...
Page 71
... 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 with one who will render her happy , is , that she have in her ...
... 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 with one who will render her happy , is , that she have in her ...
Page 94
... rests on the promises . In the midst of sorrow , faith draws the sting out of every trouble , and takes out the bitterness from every affliction . FAITH AND WORKS . - Faith and works are as necessary to our spiritual life as Christians ...
... rests on the promises . In the midst of sorrow , faith draws the sting out of every trouble , and takes out the bitterness from every affliction . FAITH AND WORKS . - Faith and works are as necessary to our spiritual life as Christians ...
Page 99
... ill - manners as flattery . If you flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift . FLATTERY , INDIRECT . - There is an oblique way THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 99.
... ill - manners as flattery . If you flatter all the com- pany , you please none ; if you flatter only one or two , you affront the rest . — Swift . FLATTERY , INDIRECT . - There is an oblique way THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 99.
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