Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... poor : I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity . — Bruyere . XI . Wit must grow like fingers ; if it be taken from others , ' tis like plums stuck upon black thorns ; they are for a while , but come to nothing . - Selden . XII . When I ...
... poor : I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity . — Bruyere . XI . Wit must grow like fingers ; if it be taken from others , ' tis like plums stuck upon black thorns ; they are for a while , but come to nothing . - Selden . XII . When I ...
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... poor . Nay , you do more good to them by spending it in luxury - you make them exert industry , whereas , by giving it , you keep them idle . - Johnson . XXXIX . In proportion that credulity is a more peaceful posses- sion of the mind ...
... poor . Nay , you do more good to them by spending it in luxury - you make them exert industry , whereas , by giving it , you keep them idle . - Johnson . XXXIX . In proportion that credulity is a more peaceful posses- sion of the mind ...
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... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . - Bruyere . CIV . Na- Every man is rich or poor , 22 LACONICS .
... for gold , Esteem and love were never to be sold . CIII . Pope . If some men died , and others did not , death would in- deed be a most mortifying evil . - Bruyere . CIV . Na- Every man is rich or poor , 22 LACONICS .
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... poor , according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments . Of riches as of every thing else , the hope is more than the enjoyment ; while we consider them as the means to be used at some future time for the attainment of ...
... poor , according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments . Of riches as of every thing else , the hope is more than the enjoyment ; while we consider them as the means to be used at some future time for the attainment of ...
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... poor , and poverty will enforce dependence , and invite corruption . It will almost always produce a passive compliance with the wickedness of others , and there are few who do not learn by degrees to practise those crimes which they ...
... poor , and poverty will enforce dependence , and invite corruption . It will almost always produce a passive compliance with the wickedness of others , and there are few who do not learn by degrees to practise those crimes which they ...
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