Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed sentences, remarks and apophthegms of the greatest geniuses of ancient and modern times. To which are added, Thoughts, from the diary of a young man. By A. SteinmetzAndrew Steinmetz 1838 |
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... things ; while nevertheless as to outward appearance , he ought entirely to conform to fashions and forms of the times ; for it is a rule of all rules , and the general law of all laws , that every person should observe those of the ...
... things ; while nevertheless as to outward appearance , he ought entirely to conform to fashions and forms of the times ; for it is a rule of all rules , and the general law of all laws , that every person should observe those of the ...
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... thing be committed to the care , judgment , or honor of a large body , or as it is not improperly termed , “ a corporation " of men , their torpor , apathy , and sloth , are infinitely increased , and when instead of a corporation it be ...
... thing be committed to the care , judgment , or honor of a large body , or as it is not improperly termed , “ a corporation " of men , their torpor , apathy , and sloth , are infinitely increased , and when instead of a corporation it be ...
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... thing which on the surface of this earth it has been his good fortune to witness , I conceive that , without hesitation , he might reply the mind of a young child . Indeed , if we believe that creation , with all its charms , was ...
... thing which on the surface of this earth it has been his good fortune to witness , I conceive that , without hesitation , he might reply the mind of a young child . Indeed , if we believe that creation , with all its charms , was ...
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... thing which human ingenuity could invent to sally , degrade , and ruin the mind of a young person . The Almighty God of the universe is caricatured by a set of grotesque personages termed gods and goddesses , so grossly sensual , so ...
... thing which human ingenuity could invent to sally , degrade , and ruin the mind of a young person . The Almighty God of the universe is caricatured by a set of grotesque personages termed gods and goddesses , so grossly sensual , so ...
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... thing which a well- disposed mind loves , venerates , and is desirous to uphold . The fearful event to which I allude , is that of THE LOWER CLASSES OF PEOPLE BECOMING EN- LIGHTENED . In spite of all that party spirit angrily asserts to ...
... thing which a well- disposed mind loves , venerates , and is desirous to uphold . The fearful event to which I allude , is that of THE LOWER CLASSES OF PEOPLE BECOMING EN- LIGHTENED . In spite of all that party spirit angrily asserts to ...
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actions Aenead affections ambition Aristippus Atheists aversa beauty become better bless blood body Cæsar character Chesterfield Cicero death Demosthenes Desdemona desire despise earth eloquence Epaminondas esteem evil eyes fame fancy faults favour fear feel flatter folly fool fortune French revolution friends genius Gil Blas give glory greatest Greece happiness hath heart Heaven honour hope human knowledge labours laws liberty look mankind manners Megara Menecrates ment merit mind modesty moral nation nature never o'er object opinion orator ourselves Ovid pains passions PENNY MAGAZINE perfect perhaps person Philip of Macedon philosopher phrenology pleasure Plutarch political praise pride Prince principles racter reason religion ridiculous seldom sense society soul speak spirit superior talents Talleyrand tempest tence thee them.-Ib things thou thought tion true truth vanity vice virtue Vitellius vulgar wisdom wise woman women words
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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 47 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 75 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 72 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Página 45 - So may the outward shows be least themselves ; The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil...
Página 47 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Página 104 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 286 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 260 - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Página 13 - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.