Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's MaximsJ. Templeman, 1837 - 152 páginas |
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Página 55 - No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others ; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.
Página 38 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Página 27 - It is well that there is no one without a fault ; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to a different species.
Página 9 - It is often harder to praise a friend than an enemy. By the last we may acquire a reputation for candour ; by the first we only seem to discharge a debt, and are liable to a suspicion of partiality. Besides, though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration ; and the shining points of character are not those we chiefly wish to dwell upon. Our habitual impression of any one is very different from the light in which he would choose to appear before the public. We think...
Página 30 - Norwich ; — a singular illustration of the fickleness of taste, and the truth of the maxim — ' a jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him who hears it.
Página 59 - Animal spirits are continually taken for wit and fancy ; and the want of them, for sense and judgment. CXLVIII. In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake. CXLIX. Those who cannot miss an opportunity of saying a good thing or of bringing in some fantastical opinion of their own, are not to be trusted with the management of any great question.
Página 13 - Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope ; and few are reduced so low as that.
Página 97 - The most insignificant people are the most .apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals, and have no hope of rising in their own esteem, but by lowering their neighbours. The severest critics are always those, who have either never attempted, or who have failed in, original composition.
Página 134 - A man is a wit and a philosopher in one place who dares not open his mouth and is considered as a blockhead in another. In some companies nothing will go down but coarse practical jests, while the finest remark or sarcasm would be disregarded.