World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 47
... the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . — Blount . CONTEMPT . - Contempt is commonly taken by the young for an evidence of understanding ; but no habit of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 47.
... the declension of his age , he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think . — Blount . CONTEMPT . - Contempt is commonly taken by the young for an evidence of understanding ; but no habit of THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 47.
Page 48
... understanding ; but no habit of mind can afford this evidence , which is neither difficult to acquire , nor meritorious when acquired ; and as it is certainly very easy to be contemptuous , so it is very useless if not pernicious . To ...
... understanding ; but no habit of mind can afford this evidence , which is neither difficult to acquire , nor meritorious when acquired ; and as it is certainly very easy to be contemptuous , so it is very useless if not pernicious . To ...
Page 59
... the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
... the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct , that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare . Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning THE WORLDS LACONICS . 59.
Page 60
... understandings : cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves , and in persons who are but the fewest removes from them . In short , cun- ning is only the mimic of discretion , and may pass upon weak men , in the same manner as ...
... understandings : cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves , and in persons who are but the fewest removes from them . In short , cun- ning is only the mimic of discretion , and may pass upon weak men , in the same manner as ...
Page 65
... understanding and a well - directed pursuit . There is nothing that God has judged good for us , that he has not given us the means to accomplish , both in the nat- ural and the moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon ...
... understanding and a well - directed pursuit . There is nothing that God has judged good for us , that he has not given us the means to accomplish , both in the nat- ural and the moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon ...
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