About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life".Sampson Low, son, & Marston, 1864 - 312 pagina's |
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... wise selfishness , a certain adherence to our own Ego , would do us all good . " Self- love , " says Shakspeare , always wise and true , " is not so vile a thing as self - neglecting ; " and many a fine fellow has utterly ruined himself ...
... wise selfishness , a certain adherence to our own Ego , would do us all good . " Self- love , " says Shakspeare , always wise and true , " is not so vile a thing as self - neglecting ; " and many a fine fellow has utterly ruined himself ...
Pagina 9
... wise selfish- ness will keep us to our duty , and from a too great love of self . A generous man will indulge in and cultivate large benevolent impulses , and he is undoubtedly a happier man than one who is narrow and mean . So even a ...
... wise selfish- ness will keep us to our duty , and from a too great love of self . A generous man will indulge in and cultivate large benevolent impulses , and he is undoubtedly a happier man than one who is narrow and mean . So even a ...
Pagina 73
... than covet the possessions of their neigh- bours ; and their rulers would be wise to add to their virtues that crowning one , both in people and kings , true temperance . ON LOOKING BACK IN THE WORLD . HERE are many ON PUMP - HANDLES . 73.
... than covet the possessions of their neigh- bours ; and their rulers would be wise to add to their virtues that crowning one , both in people and kings , true temperance . ON LOOKING BACK IN THE WORLD . HERE are many ON PUMP - HANDLES . 73.
Pagina 80
... excellent inventor of lucifer - matches ! and yet his name is unknown . What intolerable bores must have been the flint and steel ! When the wise and witty Sydney Smith was in his seventy - third year he amused 80 ABOUT IN THE WORLD .
... excellent inventor of lucifer - matches ! and yet his name is unknown . What intolerable bores must have been the flint and steel ! When the wise and witty Sydney Smith was in his seventy - third year he amused 80 ABOUT IN THE WORLD .
Pagina 82
... and happier now than they were then . We have all along tended to that wise and wide doctrine , upheld by Plato , Sir Thomas More , and Jeremy Bentham , that in a country the greatest happiness of 82 ABOUT IN THE WORLD .
... and happier now than they were then . We have all along tended to that wise and wide doctrine , upheld by Plato , Sir Thomas More , and Jeremy Bentham , that in a country the greatest happiness of 82 ABOUT IN THE WORLD .
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About in the World: Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life". James Hain Friswell Volledige weergave - 1864 |
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