 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 sider
...value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best • Eccles. vi. 9 ; xxvij. 17. parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 sider
...blind; endued with an irresistible force, which, tbi want of sight, is of no use to him . pertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; the best parts...sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. 6. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 sider
...value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedanty, and wit impertinence ; nay virtue itself looks like weakness. Discretion, not only shows itself... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 sider
...value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.— MuKsan. MXVIII. He is a parricide to his mother's name, And with an impious hand murthers her fame,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 sider
...value to all the rest; which sets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his oyvn prejudice. 4. Discretion does not only make a man the master of his own parts, but of other men's.... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 sider
...their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of (hem. Without 'it, learning is pedantry/ and wit impertinence...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errours, and active to his own prejudice. 6. Discretion does not only make a man the master o. his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 sider
...value to all the rest; which sets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errours, and active to his own prejudice. divisions of men, we may observe, that it is the discreet... | |
 | 1832 - 440 sider
...a value to all the rest, set': them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. It was once said by Sir Thomas Overbury, that the man who has nothing to boast of but illustrious ancestors,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 sider
...; which sets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of Ihe person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning...is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself look* like weakness ; (he ber<t parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and nrtive... | |
 | 1832 - 548 sider
...value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, ami wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness; the best parts only qualify a man to be more... | |
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the... 
