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... greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a ...
... greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them .-- Addison . CONTENTMENT . - Contentment is a ...
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... greatest need of its support . - Hibernicus ' Letters . COURAGE AND GOOD NATURE . - An intrepid courage is at best but a holiday - kind of virtue , to be seldom exercised , and never but in cases of necessity : affability , mildness ...
... greatest need of its support . - Hibernicus ' Letters . COURAGE AND GOOD NATURE . - An intrepid courage is at best but a holiday - kind of virtue , to be seldom exercised , and never but in cases of necessity : affability , mildness ...
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... greatest parts without discretion , as observed by an elegant writer , may be fatal to their owner ; as Polyphemus , deprived of his eye , was only the more ex- posed , on account of his enormous strength and stature.— Addison ...
... greatest parts without discretion , as observed by an elegant writer , may be fatal to their owner ; as Polyphemus , deprived of his eye , was only the more ex- posed , on account of his enormous strength and stature.— Addison ...
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... greatest dissem- blers . - Lord Bacon . DISSIPATION . - Dissipation is absolutely a labor when the round of Vanity Fair has been once made ; but fashion makes us think light of the toil , and we describe the circle as me- chanically as ...
... greatest dissem- blers . - Lord Bacon . DISSIPATION . - Dissipation is absolutely a labor when the round of Vanity Fair has been once made ; but fashion makes us think light of the toil , and we describe the circle as me- chanically as ...
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... greatest and noblest work in the world , and an effect of the greatest prudence and care , is to 78 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... greatest and noblest work in the world , and an effect of the greatest prudence and care , is to 78 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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