World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 147
... rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator , and the relief of man's estate . - Lord Bacon . KNOWLEDGE . The wise carry their knowledge , as they do their watches , not for display , but for their own use . KNOWLEDGE . - I envy no man ...
... rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator , and the relief of man's estate . - Lord Bacon . KNOWLEDGE . The wise carry their knowledge , as they do their watches , not for display , but for their own use . KNOWLEDGE . - I envy no man ...
Page 152
... rich , an aid to the young , and a support and comfort to the aged . LEARNING . He who always seeks more light the more he finds , and finds more the more he seeks , is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of ...
... rich , an aid to the young , and a support and comfort to the aged . LEARNING . He who always seeks more light the more he finds , and finds more the more he seeks , is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of ...
Page 155
... rich men , who seek company and business , which are signs of being weary of themselves . - Sir W. Temple . 66 no LEISURE HOURS . - There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it . If we pass day without ...
... rich men , who seek company and business , which are signs of being weary of themselves . - Sir W. Temple . 66 no LEISURE HOURS . - There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it . If we pass day without ...
Page 166
... rich a harvest , but which those alone are permitted to reap who have previously sown . -Colton . LITTLE THINGS , THEIR INFLUENCE . - The influences of little things are as real , and as constantly about us , as the air we breathe , or ...
... rich a harvest , but which those alone are permitted to reap who have previously sown . -Colton . LITTLE THINGS , THEIR INFLUENCE . - The influences of little things are as real , and as constantly about us , as the air we breathe , or ...
Page 176
... rich , the public is proportionably poor ; as in a private family the steward always thrives the fastest when the lord is running out . - Swift . MAXIMS AT COURT . - The two maxims of any great man at court are , always to keep his ...
... rich , the public is proportionably poor ; as in a private family the steward always thrives the fastest when the lord is running out . - Swift . MAXIMS AT COURT . - The two maxims of any great man at court are , always to keep his ...
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