The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 pagina's |
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Pagina 1631
... Sufferance Causeth Love Of Detraction Of Poets and Poetry Of Wisdom and Science That Man Ought to Be Extensively Good Of Judging Charitably That a Wise Man May Gain by Any Company vi LIVED PAGE FELLTHAM , OWEN · - Continued :
... Sufferance Causeth Love Of Detraction Of Poets and Poetry Of Wisdom and Science That Man Ought to Be Extensively Good Of Judging Charitably That a Wise Man May Gain by Any Company vi LIVED PAGE FELLTHAM , OWEN · - Continued :
Pagina 1647
... wise man to affect greatness , or power , or honors in a commonwealth ; but so to contain himself as rather to live not only privately , but even obscurely and concealed in some secure corner . And therefore the advice we shall chiefly ...
... wise man to affect greatness , or power , or honors in a commonwealth ; but so to contain himself as rather to live not only privately , but even obscurely and concealed in some secure corner . And therefore the advice we shall chiefly ...
Pagina 1649
... wise man chance to have the statues or images of his ancestors , or other renowned persons of former ages , he will be very far from being proud of them , from showing them as badges of honor , from affecting a glory from the generosity ...
... wise man chance to have the statues or images of his ancestors , or other renowned persons of former ages , he will be very far from being proud of them , from showing them as badges of honor , from affecting a glory from the generosity ...
Pagina 1652
... wise ? What are the proverbial sayings that apply most appro- priately to them ? Why , when we speak of a wise man we pro- verbially describe him as one who has been " born under an evil star , " one whose " horse will never carry him ...
... wise ? What are the proverbial sayings that apply most appro- priately to them ? Why , when we speak of a wise man we pro- verbially describe him as one who has been " born under an evil star , " one whose " horse will never carry him ...
Pagina 1653
... wise ; never mind what mere low degraded animals the people you consort with may be prefer them to men of wisdom ! - And now - to sum up much in a few words . Go amongst what classes of men you will ; go amongst popes , princes , judges ...
... wise ; never mind what mere low degraded animals the people you consort with may be prefer them to men of wisdom ! - And now - to sum up much in a few words . Go amongst what classes of men you will ; go amongst popes , princes , judges ...
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admiration Æneid Antisthenes appears Attic Nights beauty become better born called cause century character Chrysippus civilization Complete Cotton Mather death desire Diogenes Divine dress earth enemy England English Epictetus Epicurus essays evil existence expression eyes father feeling fool friends genius give Goethe greatest Greek happiness hath heart heaven honor human idea infinite kind king labor Lacedæmonia lady Laocoon laws learned less live Lord Byron Margaret Roper marriage matter means mind moral nations Natural Law nature never object observed ourselves passion perhaps person philosophy Plato pleasure Plutarch poet poetry political Poor Richard says principle reason ruin seems Socrates soul speak spirit sure Tacitus things THOMAS DUDLEY THOMAS FULLER thou thought Thucydides tion true truth universe virtue whole wise words writing
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Pagina 1770 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and He that riseth late must trot, all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let. not that drive thee; and Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
Pagina 1885 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Pagina 1769 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Pagina 1995 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his...
Pagina 1807 - One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat with distinctness: that the world is built somehow on moral foundations; that, in the long run, it is well with the good; in the long run, it is ill with the wicked.
Pagina 1814 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Pagina 1773 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real ; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Pagina 1772 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Pagina 1770 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright,' as poor Richard says. 'But dost thou love life' then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made 259 of,' as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting, that 'the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave,1 as poor Richard says.
Pagina 1971 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.' The slightest misfor'tunes of the great, the most imaginary uneasiness of the rich, are aggravated with all the power of eloquence, and held up to engage our attention and sympathetic sorrow. The poor weep unheeded, persecuted by every subordinate species of tyranny ; and every law, which gives others security, becomes an...