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الصفحة 33
... tempers . The greatest ble- mishes are often found in the most shining charac . ters but what an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parts of a man and fix our atten- tion on his infirmities ; to discern his imperfections ...
... tempers . The greatest ble- mishes are often found in the most shining charac . ters but what an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parts of a man and fix our atten- tion on his infirmities ; to discern his imperfections ...
الصفحة 41
... narrow soul . Goodness is generous and diffusive ; it is large- ness of mind , and sweetness of temper ; modest and sincere , inoffensive and obliging . Where this quality D 2 41 It is according to nature to be merciful; for ...
... narrow soul . Goodness is generous and diffusive ; it is large- ness of mind , and sweetness of temper ; modest and sincere , inoffensive and obliging . Where this quality D 2 41 It is according to nature to be merciful; for ...
الصفحة 73
... temper ; ruin of families ; defrauding of creditors ; and what is of- ten the effect of it , the loss of life itself . There is no remark more common among the ancient historians , than that , when the state was corrupted with avarice ...
... temper ; ruin of families ; defrauding of creditors ; and what is of- ten the effect of it , the loss of life itself . There is no remark more common among the ancient historians , than that , when the state was corrupted with avarice ...
الصفحة 78
... temper , in a wife , outlive ali the charms of a fine face , and make the decays of it invisible . Alcibiades , being astonished at Socrates ' patience , asked him , how he could endure the perpetual scolding of his wife : Why , said he ...
... temper , in a wife , outlive ali the charms of a fine face , and make the decays of it invisible . Alcibiades , being astonished at Socrates ' patience , asked him , how he could endure the perpetual scolding of his wife : Why , said he ...
الصفحة 110
... temper , appearing in a per- son's behaviour to inferiors . To insult or abuse those who dare not answer again , is as sure a mark of cowardice , as it would be to attack with a drawn sword a woman or a child . And wherever you see a ...
... temper , appearing in a per- son's behaviour to inferiors . To insult or abuse those who dare not answer again , is as sure a mark of cowardice , as it would be to attack with a drawn sword a woman or a child . And wherever you see a ...
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الصفحة 115 - 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 7 - THE Liberty of a people consists in being governed by Laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of Government. The Liberty of a private man in being Master of his own Time and Actions, as far as may consist with the Laws of God and of his Country. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of Life does best seat us in the possession of it.
الصفحة 107 - Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth...
الصفحة 194 - What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and have brought to light.
الصفحة 108 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
الصفحة 206 - The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy ; but then let a man take heed the revenge be such as there is no law to punish, else a man's enemy is still beforehand, and it is two for one.
الصفحة 113 - There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and, therefore, men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother.
الصفحة 106 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
الصفحة 16 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
الصفحة 23 - In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.