Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Svazek 3C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... evil , infinite and uncertain ; there are a thousand ways to miss the white , there is only one to hit it.- Montaigne . XVIII . There is none made so great , but he may both need the help and service , and stand in fear of the power and ...
... evil , infinite and uncertain ; there are a thousand ways to miss the white , there is only one to hit it.- Montaigne . XVIII . There is none made so great , but he may both need the help and service , and stand in fear of the power and ...
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... evil : mathematicians tell us that the whole earth is but a point compared to the heavens . To change one's country then is little more than to remove from one street to another . Man is not a plant , rooted to a certain spot of earth ...
... evil : mathematicians tell us that the whole earth is but a point compared to the heavens . To change one's country then is little more than to remove from one street to another . Man is not a plant , rooted to a certain spot of earth ...
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... evil passion , but keeps all the company nearly upon an equality , and if judiciously managed , will at once entertain and improve them all.— Johnson . XC . There appears to exist a greater desire to live iong than to live well ...
... evil passion , but keeps all the company nearly upon an equality , and if judiciously managed , will at once entertain and improve them all.— Johnson . XC . There appears to exist a greater desire to live iong than to live well ...
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... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . — Bruyere . CIV . Every man is rich or poor , according 22 LACONICS . XCIX. ...
... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . — Bruyere . CIV . Every man is rich or poor , according 22 LACONICS . XCIX. ...
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... evil - speaking in the world , thousands would be encouraged to do ills , and would rush into many indecorums , like a horse into the battle , were they sure to escape the tongues of men . - Sterne . CXIX . To be happy , the passion ...
... evil - speaking in the world , thousands would be encouraged to do ills , and would rush into many indecorums , like a horse into the battle , were they sure to escape the tongues of men . - Sterne . CXIX . To be happy , the passion ...
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Apicius bagnio beauty Ben Jonson better body Bruyere Butler Chesterfield Churchill Codrus common conversation death delight dicebox doth dress enemy Epictetus Euripides evil eyes false fame fancy fear folly fools fortune friends genius gentleman give greatest happiness hath heart honest honour Hudibras human humour ignorance inns of court judgment keep kind knave laugh learning less live look Lord Lord Bacon man's mankind manner marriage Massinger matter merit mind Montaigne nature neral never numbers observed opinion pain pass passion pedants person philosopher pleasure Plutarch poet poor praise pride proud racter reason rich ridiculous Roman triumph satire seldom sense Shaftesbury Shakspeare Shenstone soul speak stand sure Swift talk tell thing thou thought tion true truth turn Twill vanity vice virtue whilst whole wise words write young