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... tell how . - Johnson . ECONOMY , DOMESTIC . - Men talk in raptures of youth and beauty , wit and sprightliness ; but after seven years of union , not one of them is to be compared to good family manage- ment , which is seen at every ...
... tell how . - Johnson . ECONOMY , DOMESTIC . - Men talk in raptures of youth and beauty , wit and sprightliness ; but after seven years of union , not one of them is to be compared to good family manage- ment , which is seen at every ...
Page 81
... tell the truth , but the latter never .-- -Cato . ENEMIES , LOVE TO . — To love an enemy is the distinguished characteristic of a religion which is not of man but of God . It could be delivered as a precept , only by him who lived and ...
... tell the truth , but the latter never .-- -Cato . ENEMIES , LOVE TO . — To love an enemy is the distinguished characteristic of a religion which is not of man but of God . It could be delivered as a precept , only by him who lived and ...
Page 92
... tell whether the statesman at the top of the world , or the ploughman at the bottom , labors hardest . EYE . That fine part of our constitution , the eye , seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions , appetites , and ...
... tell whether the statesman at the top of the world , or the ploughman at the bottom , labors hardest . EYE . That fine part of our constitution , the eye , seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions , appetites , and ...
Page 105
... tell thee of thy faults , is thy friend , for he ad- ventures thy dislike , and doth hazard thy hatred ; for there are few men that can endure it , every man for the most part delighting in self - praise , which is one of the most ...
... tell thee of thy faults , is thy friend , for he ad- ventures thy dislike , and doth hazard thy hatred ; for there are few men that can endure it , every man for the most part delighting in self - praise , which is one of the most ...
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... tell you of your faults , still less of your weaknesses . But on the contrary , more desirous to make you their friend , than to prove themselves yours , they will flatter both , and , in truth , not be sorry for either . Interiorly ...
... tell you of your faults , still less of your weaknesses . But on the contrary , more desirous to make you their friend , than to prove themselves yours , they will flatter both , and , in truth , not be sorry for either . Interiorly ...
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