The Message of Man: A Book of Ethical Scriptures Gathered from Many Sources and ArrangedS. Sonnenschein, 1895 - 323 páginas |
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... tongue , every- thing that may feed vanity or vent enmity ; the palate , dainties ; the ears , flattery ; the body , ease and luxury . 19. When the fight begins within himself , A man's worth something . FLY FROM TEMPTA- TION 20. They ...
... tongue , every- thing that may feed vanity or vent enmity ; the palate , dainties ; the ears , flattery ; the body , ease and luxury . 19. When the fight begins within himself , A man's worth something . FLY FROM TEMPTA- TION 20. They ...
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... tongue run all day , and say : " I cannot stop it , " so shouldst thou be ashamed to let thy thoughts run at random , or on hurt- ful things , and say : " I cannot help it . " 12. Why should thy thoughts be left masterless to fancy ...
... tongue run all day , and say : " I cannot stop it , " so shouldst thou be ashamed to let thy thoughts run at random , or on hurt- ful things , and say : " I cannot help it . " 12. Why should thy thoughts be left masterless to fancy ...
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... tongue ; speak not reproachful or provoking words . 17. Talking it out hotly doth blow the fire , and in- crease the flame ; be but silent , and thou wilt the sooner return to thy serenity and peace . CHAPTER XXVIII RULE THY SPIRIT 1 ...
... tongue ; speak not reproachful or provoking words . 17. Talking it out hotly doth blow the fire , and in- crease the flame ; be but silent , and thou wilt the sooner return to thy serenity and peace . CHAPTER XXVIII RULE THY SPIRIT 1 ...
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... Rebuke back biters , and encourage them not by hearkening to their tales . 25. The north wind driveth away rain ; so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue . KEEP THY LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE 1. Not that which 90 The Message of Man.
... Rebuke back biters , and encourage them not by hearkening to their tales . 25. The north wind driveth away rain ; so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue . KEEP THY LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE 1. Not that which 90 The Message of Man.
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... TONGUE AND THE WHOLE MAN 2. They who give their tongues the liberty of scurrilous jesting and impure speeches ... tongue is a little member , and boasteth great things . Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 8. And the ...
... TONGUE AND THE WHOLE MAN 2. They who give their tongues the liberty of scurrilous jesting and impure speeches ... tongue is a little member , and boasteth great things . Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 8. And the ...
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appeal to consequences appetite art thou asceticism become better body cast CHAPTER conscience corruption covetous danger darkness day by night death deceived deed delight desire doth duty envy evil faith false fear feel flesh give give or keep gluttony goeth habit hath heaven holy honour hope human humble humility judgment keep knowledge labour law of chastity lest light live look lust maketh man's mind mines of sulphur moral nature ness never noble ourselves pains passions peace pleasure poor pride PRIDE 11 PRIDE 25 proud religion repentance rich righteous shame sins sloth sorrow speak spirit strength striving suffer sweet temptation thee thine eye things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thou wouldst thy disease thy heart thy soul thyself tion tongue true truth turn unto vice virtue words wrong
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Página 228 - ... spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way as it might happen ; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should as it were through a languishing faintness begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the Moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp...
Página 235 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página 174 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this. Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Página 131 - It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Página 149 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Página 287 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Página 281 - May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Página 97 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Página 15 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Página 26 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.