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Strana 85
... desire of distinction was doubtless implanted in our natures as an additional incentive to exert ourselves in virtuous excellence. This passion indeed, like all others, is frequently perverted to evil and ignoble purposes ; so that we ...
... desire of distinction was doubtless implanted in our natures as an additional incentive to exert ourselves in virtuous excellence. This passion indeed, like all others, is frequently perverted to evil and ignoble purposes ; so that we ...
Strana 202
... desire of fame in the actor. Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill-founded ; for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive, and to do that out of a desire ...
... desire of fame in the actor. Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill-founded ; for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive, and to do that out of a desire ...
Strana 237
to contract none of the exorbitant desires by which others are enslaved. The best way of separating a man's self from the world, is to give up the desire of being known to it. After a man has preserved his innocence, and performed all ...
to contract none of the exorbitant desires by which others are enslaved. The best way of separating a man's self from the world, is to give up the desire of being known to it. After a man has preserved his innocence, and performed all ...
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