Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to All Classes of MenAbram N. Coleman Eckler, 1903 - 302 páginas |
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... thou hast not as of what thou hast ; but of the things thou hast , select the best , and reflect how eagerly they would have been sought , if thou hadst them not . Marcus Aurelius . 9. Do not anticipate trouble , or worry about what may ...
... thou hast not as of what thou hast ; but of the things thou hast , select the best , and reflect how eagerly they would have been sought , if thou hadst them not . Marcus Aurelius . 9. Do not anticipate trouble , or worry about what may ...
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... , and courage to the heart . A prosperous man can afford to be melancholy ; but if the miserable are so , they are worse than dead - it is sure to kill them . William Ware . 28. If time does not go with thee as thou PROVERBIAL WISDOM 13.
... , and courage to the heart . A prosperous man can afford to be melancholy ; but if the miserable are so , they are worse than dead - it is sure to kill them . William Ware . 28. If time does not go with thee as thou PROVERBIAL WISDOM 13.
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... thou wishest , go thou with time as he requires . Arabian Proverb . 29. In prosperity prepare for a change ; in adversity hope for one . James Burgh . 30. The philosopher Bion said pleasantly of the king , who , by handfuls , pulled his ...
... thou wishest , go thou with time as he requires . Arabian Proverb . 29. In prosperity prepare for a change ; in adversity hope for one . James Burgh . 30. The philosopher Bion said pleasantly of the king , who , by handfuls , pulled his ...
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... thou promise little and perform much , it will make thy benefits to be the more thankfully received . Marcus Aurelius . 7. Give , but , if possible , spare the poor man the shame of holding out his hand . Dennis Diderot . 8. One " Take ...
... thou promise little and perform much , it will make thy benefits to be the more thankfully received . Marcus Aurelius . 7. Give , but , if possible , spare the poor man the shame of holding out his hand . Dennis Diderot . 8. One " Take ...
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... thou seest thine enemy in trouble , curl not thy whiskers in contempt ; for in every bone there is marrow , and with- in every jacket there is a man . Saadi . 40. A generous and a liberal man gives what he can , and not what he will ; a ...
... thou seest thine enemy in trouble , curl not thy whiskers in contempt ; for in every bone there is marrow , and with- in every jacket there is a man . Saadi . 40. A generous and a liberal man gives what he can , and not what he will ; a ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Addison angry Anon Arabian Proverb Archbishop Tillotson Archbishop Whately beauty better Bruyère Bulwer C. N. Bovee CHAPTER charity Cicero Colton conscience covetous Dean Swift death devil drink E. P. Day enemy eyes flatter folly fool Franklin French Proverb friendship G. D. Prentice Gæthe German Proverb gives H. W. Beecher happiness hath heart Henry Fielding honor Italian Proverb Johnson Joseph Joubert keep La Rochefoucauld Lavater Lawrence Sterne live Lord Bacon Lord Chesterfield man's Marcus Aurelius marriage mind Montaigne never O. W. Holmes old age Old Proverb Owen Feltham passions Penn pleasure poor Pope praise pride proud Publius Syrus purse Quarles reason rich Robert South Rochefoucauld secret Seneca Shakespeare Socrates soul Spanish Proverb speak Talmud thee things Thomas Fuller Thomas Secker tongue truth vice virtue Voltaire W. S. Downey wealth William Shenstone wisdom wise woman women young Zimmerman
Passagens conhecidas
Página 272 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Página 104 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 138 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality — that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Página 265 - When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Página 178 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 12 - The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you ; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion ; and so let all young persons take their choice.
Página 222 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 236 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Página 171 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Página 29 - ... is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.