Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally TreatedE. H. Butler & Company, 1851 - 276 oldal |
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Albury art thou Aureng-zebe beauty Behold better blessing buoyancy censer charity child conscience count creature curse dark death Deucalion doth dread dull earth evil fair faith false fame fancy fear feel flattery flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hate hath heaven heed hideth holy honesty honor hope humble knoweth knowledge labor light live look loveth man's memorial of earth mercy mighty mind mocketh mystery ness never Nireus nursling Ovid Palenque peace Phryne pleasure poison praise prayer precious pride psaltery reason Rechab rich scorn secret selfish seraphs shalt thou sloth smile solitude sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thoughts thy heart thyself tion to-day toil tongue trust truth unto vanity Verily weak wealth weariness Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
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273. oldal - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
121. oldal - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, the scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
271. oldal - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
115. oldal - Nor suffer the majesty of Love to be likened to the meanness of desire : For Love is no more such, than seraphs' hymns are discord, And such is no more Love, than ^Etna's breath is summer.
14. oldal - The poor man rejoiceth at his toil, and his daily meat is sweet to him: Content with present good, he looketh not for evil to the future: The rich man languisheth with sloth, and findeth pleasure in nothing, He locketh up care with his gold, and feareth the fickleness of fortune. Can a cup contain within itself the measure of a bucket ? Or the straitened appetites of man drink more than their fill of luxury ? There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless • And the choicest...
21. oldal - A wise man scorneth nothing, be it never so small or homely, For he knoweth not the secret laws that may bind it to great effects. The world in its boyhood was credulous, and dreaded the vengeance of the stars, The world in its dotage is not wiser, fearing not the influence of small things ; Planets govern not the soul, nor guide the destinies of man, But trifles, lighter than straws, are levers in the building up of character.
116. oldal - If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth ; Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal ; yea, though thou hast not seen her.
123. oldal - Analogy is milk for babes, but abstract truths are strong meat: precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him. In vain shalt thou preach of industry and prudence, till he learn of the bee and the ant; dimly will he think of his soul, till the acorn and the chrysalis have taught him ; he will fear God in thunder, and worship his loveliness in flowers; and parables shall charm his heart, while doctrines seem dead mystery...
277. oldal - Egyptians; one displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth; another hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around it, seemingly to shade and shroud it as a sacred thing; in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
270. oldal - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.