This Person Is YouBranden Books, 1968 - Počet stran: 64 |
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Strana 51 - I have observed," says Burke, " fills up a man's time much more completely and leaves him less his own master, than any sort of employment whatsoever.
Strana 25 - Henry made last night the fine remark that 'as long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way, 47 — governments, society, and even the sun and moon and stars, as astrology may testify.
Strana 56 - To accomplish great things We must not only act, but also dream; Not only plan, but also believe.
Strana 46 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions; it loves shade and solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows; in short, it feels...
Strana 31 - A man that should call everything by its right Name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a Common Enemy.
Strana 39 - Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.
Strana 27 - Life is a romantic business. It is painting a picture, not doing a sum— but you have to make the romance, and it will come to the question how much fire you have in your belly.
Strana 24 - Pickwick goes through life with that godlike gullibility which is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Because Pickwick is led away by Jingle, he will be led to the White Hart Inn, and see the only Weller cleaning boots in the courtyard. Because he is bamboozled by Dodson and Fogg, he will enter the prison house like a paladin, and rescue the man and the woman who have wronged him most. His soul...
Strana 60 - There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor.
Strana 58 - All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it— and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow. He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.