World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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Page 55
... wisdom and goodness of God .-- Penn . COURAGE - Wounds and hardships provoke our courage , and when our fortunes are at the lowest , our wits and minds are commonly at the best . - Charron . COURAGE AND CONSCIENCE . - True courage never ...
... wisdom and goodness of God .-- Penn . COURAGE - Wounds and hardships provoke our courage , and when our fortunes are at the lowest , our wits and minds are commonly at the best . - Charron . COURAGE AND CONSCIENCE . - True courage never ...
Page 58
... wisdom which converses about the sur- face , to that pretended philosophy which enters into the depth of things , and then comes back gravely with the in- formations and discoveries , that in the inside they are good for nothing ...
... wisdom which converses about the sur- face , to that pretended philosophy which enters into the depth of things , and then comes back gravely with the in- formations and discoveries , that in the inside they are good for nothing ...
Page 59
... wisdom . - Bolingbroke . CUNNING AND DISCRETION . - Cunning has only private self- ish aims , and sticks at nothing which may make them suc- ceed . Discretion has large and extended views , and , like a well - formed eye , commands a ...
... wisdom . - Bolingbroke . CUNNING AND DISCRETION . - Cunning has only private self- ish aims , and sticks at nothing which may make them suc- ceed . Discretion has large and extended views , and , like a well - formed eye , commands a ...
Page 60
... wisdom . - Addison . CUNNING , CONCEIT OF . - The certain way to be cheated , is to fancy one's self more cunning than others.- Charron . CUNNING , ITS TENDENCY . - Cunning leads to knavery ; it is but a step from one to the other , and ...
... wisdom . - Addison . CUNNING , CONCEIT OF . - The certain way to be cheated , is to fancy one's self more cunning than others.- Charron . CUNNING , ITS TENDENCY . - Cunning leads to knavery ; it is but a step from one to the other , and ...
Page 71
... wisdom ; for it asketh a strong wit and a strong heart to know when to tell the truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the greatest dissem- blers . - Lord Bacon . DISSIPATION . - Dissipation is ...
... wisdom ; for it asketh a strong wit and a strong heart to know when to tell the truth , and to do it : therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians that are the greatest dissem- blers . - Lord Bacon . DISSIPATION . - Dissipation is ...
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