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Page 105
... thou givest twenty gifts , and refuse to do the like but once , all that thou hast done will be lost , and such men will become thy mortal enemies . - Sir W. Raleigh - to his Son . FRIENDS , OLD , BEST . - Old friends are best . King ...
... thou givest twenty gifts , and refuse to do the like but once , all that thou hast done will be lost , and such men will become thy mortal enemies . - Sir W. Raleigh - to his Son . FRIENDS , OLD , BEST . - Old friends are best . King ...
Page 133
... thou shalt have no comfort in either . - Bishop Hall . HYPOCRITES . — If Satan ever laughs , it must be at hypo- crites : they are the greatest dupes he has ; they serve him better than any others , but receive no wages ; nay , what is ...
... thou shalt have no comfort in either . - Bishop Hall . HYPOCRITES . — If Satan ever laughs , it must be at hypo- crites : they are the greatest dupes he has ; they serve him better than any others , but receive no wages ; nay , what is ...
Page 138
... thou speakest or writest , but by the firmness of thy mind , and the government of thy passions and affections.— Fuller . IMPRUDENCE . Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue ; nor is there on earth a more powerful advo ...
... thou speakest or writest , but by the firmness of thy mind , and the government of thy passions and affections.— Fuller . IMPRUDENCE . Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue ; nor is there on earth a more powerful advo ...
Page 166
... long if we should . --Fuller . LOVE . - Let thy love be to the best , so long as they do well ; but take heed that thou love God , thy country , thy prince and thine own estate , before all others : for 166 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... long if we should . --Fuller . LOVE . - Let thy love be to the best , so long as they do well ; but take heed that thou love God , thy country , thy prince and thine own estate , before all others : for 166 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
Page 188
... thou art , and unto dust thou shalt return . " -Fuller . MOTHERS . I think it must somewhere be written , that the virtues of mothers shall , occasionally , be visited on their children , as well as the sins of fathers . - Dickens ...
... thou art , and unto dust thou shalt return . " -Fuller . MOTHERS . I think it must somewhere be written , that the virtues of mothers shall , occasionally , be visited on their children , as well as the sins of fathers . - Dickens ...
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