Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common LifeW. Innys, 1731 - 217 من الصفحات |
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... See , and hold thy Tongue . 314 Yield to Reafon where - ever it appears : Reafon is a facred thing . 315 Be filent where Reason is not regarded , and Truth is diftastful . 316 Marry thy Sons when thou wilt ; thy Daugh ters when thou ...
... See , and hold thy Tongue . 314 Yield to Reafon where - ever it appears : Reafon is a facred thing . 315 Be filent where Reason is not regarded , and Truth is diftastful . 316 Marry thy Sons when thou wilt ; thy Daugh ters when thou ...
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... See how he takes it . 570 In time of Affault , look about thee where thy Weakness lies , and thither fend Forces . 571 Strive not with thy Parents , nor with great Men , though thou art never fo much in the ́right . 572 Never engage thy ...
... See how he takes it . 570 In time of Affault , look about thee where thy Weakness lies , and thither fend Forces . 571 Strive not with thy Parents , nor with great Men , though thou art never fo much in the ́right . 572 Never engage thy ...
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... see them at all , than fee- ing them , let them escape without Remark . 817 Efteem not the Gifts of Fortune for their fpecious Shew , for that were to admire them : but for their Ufe ; and this is to govern and enjoy . them . 818 Make ...
... see them at all , than fee- ing them , let them escape without Remark . 817 Efteem not the Gifts of Fortune for their fpecious Shew , for that were to admire them : but for their Ufe ; and this is to govern and enjoy . them . 818 Make ...
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... See thou doft Injury to no Man : for by fo doing thou teacheft others to do fo to thee . And thou canst not then complain of it neither . 821 Borrow before thou haft need , so shalt thou try thy Friend : And pay before the time thou ...
... See thou doft Injury to no Man : for by fo doing thou teacheft others to do fo to thee . And thou canst not then complain of it neither . 821 Borrow before thou haft need , so shalt thou try thy Friend : And pay before the time thou ...
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... see any Curiofity the firft , nor be curious to know what any one is doing or ftudying , or with whom he hath been . 1368 Thruft not thy felf forward to be a Me- diator or Umpire in Controverfies till required . And then it's better to ...
... see any Curiofity the firft , nor be curious to know what any one is doing or ftudying , or with whom he hath been . 1368 Thruft not thy felf forward to be a Me- diator or Umpire in Controverfies till required . And then it's better to ...
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الصفحة 237 - ... his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of...
الصفحة 235 - ... of which the crafty man is always in danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences are so transparent that he that runs may read them...
الصفحة 234 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
الصفحة 235 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
الصفحة 233 - Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
الصفحة 234 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom, Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
الصفحة 234 - ... way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. The arts of deceit and cunning...
الصفحة 235 - Whereas he that acts sincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows nature, and so is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not invent any pretences beforehand, nor make excuses afterwards, for anything he hath said or done. But insincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to attend to, as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing.
الصفحة 217 - The Christian Institutes; or, the Sincere Word of • God. Being a plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian. Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture.
الصفحة 219 - Introductio ad Prudentiam; or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions tending to prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life.