Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Том 1T. Boys, 1826 - Всего страниц: 360 |
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... actions desire to be placed in the light ; but notwithstanding this , the greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by an oath to do all the wickedness they can ...
... actions desire to be placed in the light ; but notwithstanding this , the greatest theatre for virtue is conscience . - Cicero . CXV . One would think that all mankind had bound them- selves by an oath to do all the wickedness they can ...
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... action done as it ought to be , without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it . — Sterne . CXXIII . Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world , by the advantage which licentious principles afford , did not those who ...
... action done as it ought to be , without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it . — Sterne . CXXIII . Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world , by the advantage which licentious principles afford , did not those who ...
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... actions are distinguished from those of other men . - Congreve . CXL . We all of us complain of the shortness of time , and yet have much more than we know what to do with . Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all , or in ...
... actions are distinguished from those of other men . - Congreve . CXL . We all of us complain of the shortness of time , and yet have much more than we know what to do with . Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all , or in ...
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... they may remain . - Bruyere . CLXVI . We frequently bestow praise on virtuous actions , per- formed in very distant ages and remote countries ; where the utmost subtlety of imagination would not discover any appearance 34 LACONICS .
... they may remain . - Bruyere . CLXVI . We frequently bestow praise on virtuous actions , per- formed in very distant ages and remote countries ; where the utmost subtlety of imagination would not discover any appearance 34 LACONICS .
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... actions , as far as may consist with the laws of God , and of his country.- Cowley . CLXXVI . We are never present with , but always beyond , our- selves . Fear , desire , and hope are still pushing us on towards the future ; depriving ...
... actions , as far as may consist with the laws of God , and of his country.- Cowley . CLXXVI . We are never present with , but always beyond , our- selves . Fear , desire , and hope are still pushing us on towards the future ; depriving ...
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