 | 1832 - 858 sider
...a value to all tho rest, sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them....only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, nnd active to his own prejudice. It was once said by Sir Thomas Overbury, that the man who has nothing... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 sider
...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. talents of those with whom he converses, and knows how to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 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, and wit impertinence ; nay, virtue itself looks like weakness. Discretion not only (hows itself in words, but in all the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 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....Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; nay, virtue itself looks like weakness. Discretion not only •hows itself in words, but in all the... | |
 | 1835 - 298 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 his errors, and active to his own prejudice, — ADDISO.T. THE SEA. ON the surface of this globe, there... | |
 | 1835 - 542 sider
...rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of (lie person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning...like weakness; the best parts only qualify a man to bo more sprightly in his errors, and active to his own prejudice. — ADDISON. ON the surface of this... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 sider
...is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itseli'looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man...sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. 4 Discretion does not only make a man the master of his own parts, but of other men's. The discreet... | |
 | 1836 - 932 sider
...is possessed of them. Without ft, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself look's elf describes them, bearing onlv a Nor does discretion only make a man the master of his own parts, but of other men's. The discreet man... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 sider
...that I think discretion the most usefu. talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be th« accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds....points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the moat proper and laudable methods of attaining them : cunning has only private, selfish aims, and sticks... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 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. with an irresistible force, which, for want of sight, is of no use to him. Though a man has all other... | |
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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... 
