is the Perfection of Reason, and a Guide to us in all the Duties of Life ; Cunning is a kind of Instinct, that only looks out after our immediate Interest and Welfare* Discretion is only found in Men of strong Sense and good Understandings The Spectator - Pagina 212geredigeerd door - 1897Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...found in men of strong sense and good understandings: cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes... | |
 | D. Barton Ross - 1854 - 566 pagina’s
...about even those events which he might have done, had he passed only for a plain man. 8. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...found in men of strong sense and good understandings : cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understandings:cunning is often to be met wfth in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...interest and welfare. Discretion is only found in. men oî s\.i<yrç «eos« •a.^4 good understandings: cuuning is often to be met with in brutes themselves,... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pagina’s
...Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it. Discretion is the perfection of Reason, and a guide to us in...found in men of strong sense and good understandings : Cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1856 - 430 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done, had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understanding; cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1856 - 368 pagina’s
...bringing about fen those events which he might have done, had he passed only for a plain lan. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the uties of life; cunning is a kind of instinct that only looks out after our nmediate interest and welfare.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pagina’s
...land, almost primeval solitude and stillness — Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide in all the duties of life cunning is a kind of instinct, that looks out only after its own immediate interest and welfare MISCELLANEOUS.—What a truthful lesson... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done, had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...found in men of strong sense and good understandings: cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are the fewest removes from... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pagina’s
...bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in...life: cunning is a kind of instinct that only looks after our immediate interest and welfare. Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good... | |
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