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... human affairs ? 2. Honesty . An entirely honest man , in the severe sense of the word , exists no more than an ... Humanity . - There is something in our nature which engages us to take part in every accident to which man is subject ...
... human affairs ? 2. Honesty . An entirely honest man , in the severe sense of the word , exists no more than an ... Humanity . - There is something in our nature which engages us to take part in every accident to which man is subject ...
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... human nature , do you imagine I shall answer pride , or luxury , or ambition , or egotism ? No ; I shall say indolence . Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest . " Indeed all good principles must stagnate without mental ...
... human nature , do you imagine I shall answer pride , or luxury , or ambition , or egotism ? No ; I shall say indolence . Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest . " Indeed all good principles must stagnate without mental ...
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... human species ; for a man who can , in cold blood torture a poor innocent animal , cannot feel much compassion for the distresses of his own species : and besides , can the chace be a proper employment for a thinking mind ? 21 ...
... human species ; for a man who can , in cold blood torture a poor innocent animal , cannot feel much compassion for the distresses of his own species : and besides , can the chace be a proper employment for a thinking mind ? 21 ...
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... human mind , and seemingly there is no absurdity man is not capable of practising from conscientious motives . Some men continually torment themselves , and some as continually torment others , in the very monstrous belief of its ...
... human mind , and seemingly there is no absurdity man is not capable of practising from conscientious motives . Some men continually torment themselves , and some as continually torment others , in the very monstrous belief of its ...
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... human mind , that there is scarcely any thing too strange or too strong to be asserted of it . The story of the miser , who , from long accustoming to cheat others , came at last to cheat himself , and with great delight and triumph ...
... human mind , that there is scarcely any thing too strange or too strong to be asserted of it . The story of the miser , who , from long accustoming to cheat others , came at last to cheat himself , and with great delight and triumph ...
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Side 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Side 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Side 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Side 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Side 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Side 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Side 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Side 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Side 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Side 226 - 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.