Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 284 sider |
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Side 4
... George Eliot . Admiration is the base of ignorance . Gracian . Balthasar It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live , than to be loved by them . And this not on account of any gratification of vanity , but ...
... George Eliot . Admiration is the base of ignorance . Gracian . Balthasar It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live , than to be loved by them . And this not on account of any gratification of vanity , but ...
Side 6
... George Eliot . — God give us leisure for these rights of love.— Shakespeare . Afflictions . - Before an affliction is digested , consolation comes too soon ; and after it is digested , it comes too late ; but there is a mark between ...
... George Eliot . — God give us leisure for these rights of love.— Shakespeare . Afflictions . - Before an affliction is digested , consolation comes too soon ; and after it is digested , it comes too late ; but there is a mark between ...
Side 7
... George Eliot . tree . ― Autumnal green . ― Dryden . Ye old men , brief is the space of life allotted to you ; pass it as pleasantly as ye can , not grieving from morning till eve . Since time knows not how to preserve our hopes , but ...
... George Eliot . tree . ― Autumnal green . ― Dryden . Ye old men , brief is the space of life allotted to you ; pass it as pleasantly as ye can , not grieving from morning till eve . Since time knows not how to preserve our hopes , but ...
Side 8
... George Eliot . - Serene , and safe from passion's stormy rage , how calm they glide into the port of age ! Shenstone . Providence gives us notice by sensible declensions , that we may disengage from the world by degrees . -Jeremy ...
... George Eliot . - Serene , and safe from passion's stormy rage , how calm they glide into the port of age ! Shenstone . Providence gives us notice by sensible declensions , that we may disengage from the world by degrees . -Jeremy ...
Side 11
... George Eliot . The glory of ancestors sheds a light around pos- terity ; it allows neither their good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity . Sallust . - Nobility of birth does not always insure a corre- sponding nobility of mind ...
... George Eliot . The glory of ancestors sheds a light around pos- terity ; it allows neither their good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity . Sallust . - Nobility of birth does not always insure a corre- sponding nobility of mind ...
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