Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 284 sider |
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Side 10
... wise , because ' t is brave.— Sir W. Davenant . Soar not too high to fall , but stoop to rise . — Mas- singer . - America . Child of the earth's old age . - L. E. Langdon . The name - American , must always exalt the pride of patriotism ...
... wise , because ' t is brave.— Sir W. Davenant . Soar not too high to fall , but stoop to rise . — Mas- singer . - America . Child of the earth's old age . - L. E. Langdon . The name - American , must always exalt the pride of patriotism ...
Side 12
... wise . - Phile- mon . When anger rushes , unrestrained , to action , like a hot steed , it stumbles in its way . Bad temper is its own scourge . bitterer than to feel bitter . - Savage . Few things are A man's venom poisons himself more ...
... wise . - Phile- mon . When anger rushes , unrestrained , to action , like a hot steed , it stumbles in its way . Bad temper is its own scourge . bitterer than to feel bitter . - Savage . Few things are A man's venom poisons himself more ...
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... Wise books for half the truths they hold are hon- ored tombs . George Eliot . - — Bores . I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A carpenter's hammer , in a warm summer's noon , will fret me into more than midsummer mad- ness ...
... Wise books for half the truths they hold are hon- ored tombs . George Eliot . - — Bores . I am constitutionally susceptible of noises . A carpenter's hammer , in a warm summer's noon , will fret me into more than midsummer mad- ness ...
Side 37
... wise man who has but few follies . Watts . Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another . Richter . - We are not that we are , nor do we treat or es- teem each other for such , but for ...
... wise man who has but few follies . Watts . Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another . Richter . - We are not that we are , nor do we treat or es- teem each other for such , but for ...
Side 38
... wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving ? —At- terbury . As the purse is emptied the heart is filled . -Vic- tor Hugo . ― What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ...
... wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving ? —At- terbury . As the purse is emptied the heart is filled . -Vic- tor Hugo . ― What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ...
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