 | 1915 - 826 pagina’s
...society is doing good work for religion as well as for •country. GOOD THINGS WELL SAID 1. Men are boru with two eyes but with one tongue in order that they should see twice as much as they say. — Colt on. 2. The best part of a man's treasure" of merits are the things he has left unsaid. —... | |
 | 1888 - 722 pagina’s
...that is lavish in words is a niggard in deed. — Sir Walter Raleigh. Men are born with two cyo.s, but with one tongue, in. order that they should. see twice as much as they say. — Colton. I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide ; for the man is efficiently destroyed, though... | |
 | 1873 - 548 pagina’s
...public amusement. The Englishman who called the Hoosac Tunnel a "blawsted hole," was literully correct. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue; in order that they may see twice as much ua they say. A wit once asked a peasant what part he performed in the great drama... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pagina’s
...effort." — Bvk. Com. d Roberts. a Comp. Is. xli. 15—19. 5 Jerome. " Men are born with two eyes bat with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."— Cation. c T. y. Toller. a " A description of the disappointment experienced by the idolaters of Babylon... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 pagina’s
...smiles Bo doubly cautious, lest destruction come Remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied. Sophoclet. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they speak. CWion. Things taken from the pinions of one goose are used to iprcad the opinions of another.... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pagina’s
...destroy ? Or what fond beggar but to touch the crown Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down ? Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in...order that they should see twice as much as they say. Promise cautiously, but when you have promised fulfil scrupulously. Never undertake more than you can... | |
 | 1884 - 780 pagina’s
...smiles Bo doubly cautious, lest destruction come Remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied. Sophoclei. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they speak. Cotton. Things taken from the pinions of one goose are used to spread the opinions of another.... | |
 | 1891 - 556 pagina’s
...thosa of his own house, he hath denied the fuith, and is worse than an inüdel. l Tim. v. 8. PRUDENCE. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in...order that they should see twice as much as they say. Collón. ADVANTAGES OF. The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pagina’s
...transport to the light.— Schiller. The eyes of other people are tb» ruin us. — Franklin. EYES. EYES. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in...order that they should see twice as much as they say. — Cotton. I dislike an eye that twinkles like a star. Those only are beautiful which, like the planets,... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pagina’s
...man's heart deviseth his way : but the Lord directeth his steps. — PROVERBS 16: 9. Prudence. — Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in...order that they should see twice as much as they say. — COi/TON. Prudence is that virtue by which we discern what is proper to be done under the various... | |
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