Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors, Ancient and Modern ...1827 - 188 pages |
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... judgment by giving it a false bias . Hence , it is observable , that those who are most inclined to that kind of entertainment , have generally but little relish for serious subjects , and least of all for the truths of religion ...
... judgment by giving it a false bias . Hence , it is observable , that those who are most inclined to that kind of entertainment , have generally but little relish for serious subjects , and least of all for the truths of religion ...
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... judgment and our con- duct . But Providence has taken better care of our happiness , and given us , in the simplicity of common sense , a rule for our direction by which we shall never be misled . " FASHION . - Fashion is for the most ...
... judgment and our con- duct . But Providence has taken better care of our happiness , and given us , in the simplicity of common sense , a rule for our direction by which we shall never be misled . " FASHION . - Fashion is for the most ...
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... judgment , to show thy wit , lest it pre- pare thee to be too indifferent about what is right- nor against another man to vex him , or for mere trial of skill , since to inform or be informed ought to be the end of all conferences ...
... judgment , to show thy wit , lest it pre- pare thee to be too indifferent about what is right- nor against another man to vex him , or for mere trial of skill , since to inform or be informed ought to be the end of all conferences ...
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... judgment ; but are rather like razors , which are ma- naged more by slight than by strength , and are better adapted to nice than to great occasions . - Ibid . WIT . - Wit gives confidence less than confidence gives wit . - Palmer's Aph ...
... judgment ; but are rather like razors , which are ma- naged more by slight than by strength , and are better adapted to nice than to great occasions . - Ibid . WIT . - Wit gives confidence less than confidence gives wit . - Palmer's Aph ...
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... judgment ; and the contention which began in pride ends in anger . Cato's Letters . - PLEASURE . As for pleasure , there is little in this world that is true and sincere besides the plea- sure of doing our duty and of doing good - I am ...
... judgment ; and the contention which began in pride ends in anger . Cato's Letters . - PLEASURE . As for pleasure , there is little in this world that is true and sincere besides the plea- sure of doing our duty and of doing good - I am ...
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