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Always they look to other men's reputations and fortunes , as adulterers look to other men's wives , and themselves and their own qualities they despise . Here is another practice conducive to contentment .
Always they look to other men's reputations and fortunes , as adulterers look to other men's wives , and themselves and their own qualities they despise . Here is another practice conducive to contentment .
Page 272
So whenever you admire a man carried in a sedan chair as being superior , stoop to look at the carriers too . And whenever you call Xerxes blessed , as the Hellespontine did when he saw him crossing the bridge , look at the poor devils ...
So whenever you admire a man carried in a sedan chair as being superior , stoop to look at the carriers too . And whenever you call Xerxes blessed , as the Hellespontine did when he saw him crossing the bridge , look at the poor devils ...
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But even if some are found who think it mean to prefer money to friendship , where shall we look for those who put friendship before office , civil or military promotions , and political power , and who , when the choice lies between ...
But even if some are found who think it mean to prefer money to friendship , where shall we look for those who put friendship before office , civil or military promotions , and political power , and who , when the choice lies between ...
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 644 pages |
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