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... truth in few words . -Johnson . APPEARANCES . - The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world , is to be in reality what we would appear to be ; and if we observe , we shall find , that all humane vir- tues increase and ...
... truth in few words . -Johnson . APPEARANCES . - The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world , is to be in reality what we would appear to be ; and if we observe , we shall find , that all humane vir- tues increase and ...
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... truth and duty ; then for benevolence , or the spirit of kindness and good - will to men ; and last , but not least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes ...
... truth and duty ; then for benevolence , or the spirit of kindness and good - will to men ; and last , but not least , for piety towards God , or an affectionate reverent regard for the will and glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes ...
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... truth and sincerity , by a prudent silence , where he can- not concur , and by a pleasing assent where he can . Now and then you meet with a person so exactly formed to please , that he will gain upon every one that hears or beholds him ...
... truth and sincerity , by a prudent silence , where he can- not concur , and by a pleasing assent where he can . Now and then you meet with a person so exactly formed to please , that he will gain upon every one that hears or beholds him ...
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... truth so well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless , but impairs what it would . improve .-- Pope . CONCEIT AND CONFIDENCE . - Conceit and confidence are both ...
... truth so well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless , but impairs what it would . improve .-- Pope . CONCEIT AND CONFIDENCE . - Conceit and confidence are both ...
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... truth : just such contradictions as centrifugal and centripetal forces in philosophy -- both need- ful to the completeness of truth , and to roll the planets in their orbits ; or like midnight and noon - day , each the oppo- site of the ...
... truth : just such contradictions as centrifugal and centripetal forces in philosophy -- both need- ful to the completeness of truth , and to roll the planets in their orbits ; or like midnight and noon - day , each the oppo- site of the ...
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