Moral, Economical, and Political EssaysPublished at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 - 216 oldal |
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19. oldal
... sure , saith , " It is the glory of a man to pass by an of fence . " That which is passed is gone and irrecoverable , and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves that ...
... sure , saith , " It is the glory of a man to pass by an of fence . " That which is passed is gone and irrecoverable , and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come ; therefore they do but trifle with themselves that ...
30. oldal
... sure to make good their own folly . OF ENVY . THERE be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but love and envy : they both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imaginations and ...
... sure to make good their own folly . OF ENVY . THERE be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate , or bewitch , but love and envy : they both have vehement wishes ; they frame themselves readily into imaginations and ...
36. oldal
... sure rule , that if the envy upon the minister be great , when the cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general in a manner upon all the ministers of an estate , then the envy ( though hidden ) is truly upon the state itself ...
... sure rule , that if the envy upon the minister be great , when the cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general in a manner upon all the ministers of an estate , then the envy ( though hidden ) is truly upon the state itself ...
44. oldal
... sure be paid when thou art gone . If thou have colleagues , respect them ; and rather call them when they look not for it , than exclude them when they have reason to look to be called . Be not too sensible or too remembering of thy ...
... sure be paid when thou art gone . If thou have colleagues , respect them ; and rather call them when they look not for it , than exclude them when they have reason to look to be called . Be not too sensible or too remembering of thy ...
52. oldal
... sure where love is [ ill ] bestowed , fear is quite lost . 14. His greatest enemies are his flatterers ; for though they ever speak on his side , yet their words still make against him . 15. The love which a king oweth to a weal public ...
... sure where love is [ ill ] bestowed , fear is quite lost . 14. His greatest enemies are his flatterers ; for though they ever speak on his side , yet their words still make against him . 15. The love which a king oweth to a weal public ...
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11. oldal - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
189. oldal - For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
23. oldal - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
107. oldal - ... maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts: neither is this to be understood only of faithful counsel, which a man receiveth from his friend; but before you come to that, certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned...
190. oldal - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
190. oldal - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
22. oldal - But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: " Shall we," saith he, " take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion.
103. oldal - ... no receipt openeth the heart, but a true friend; to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
11. oldal - One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before.
21. oldal - ... and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh: this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent: but base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable: You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies;...