The Hive: Or, A Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; But Chiefly from the English Writers. Intended as a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings, in Verse and Prose ...Oliver D. Cooke, 1810 - 216 páginas |
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... once , to make him stare . " But away with all ambition , which only affects our names , without improving our nature . - Sterne . Liberality is never so beautiful and engag- ing as when the hand is concealed that bestows the gift . A ...
... once , to make him stare . " But away with all ambition , which only affects our names , without improving our nature . - Sterne . Liberality is never so beautiful and engag- ing as when the hand is concealed that bestows the gift . A ...
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... once suffered himself to lose a thousand pounds to a man of modest merit , whom he knew to be greatly necessita- ted , and to whom he durst not offer it as a gift , surely did a very laudable action , and in which modesty had no small ...
... once suffered himself to lose a thousand pounds to a man of modest merit , whom he knew to be greatly necessita- ted , and to whom he durst not offer it as a gift , surely did a very laudable action , and in which modesty had no small ...
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... once they are vanquished . True benevolence , or compassion , extends itself through the whole of existence , and sympathizes with the distresses of every crea- ture capable of sensation . Little minds may be apt to consider compassion ...
... once they are vanquished . True benevolence , or compassion , extends itself through the whole of existence , and sympathizes with the distresses of every crea- ture capable of sensation . Little minds may be apt to consider compassion ...
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... once employ The present well , and e'en the past enjoy . A regular life is the best philosophy ; a pure conscience the best law . 1040 CONTENTMENT . CONTENTMENT is natural wealth , lux- ury is artificial poverty , and no man has more ...
... once employ The present well , and e'en the past enjoy . A regular life is the best philosophy ; a pure conscience the best law . 1040 CONTENTMENT . CONTENTMENT is natural wealth , lux- ury is artificial poverty , and no man has more ...
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... once more brought to a balance . How poor will power , wealth , honor , fame , and titles seem at our last hour ? and how joyful will that man be , who hath led an hon- est , virtuous life , and travelled to heaven , though through the ...
... once more brought to a balance . How poor will power , wealth , honor , fame , and titles seem at our last hour ? and how joyful will that man be , who hath led an hon- est , virtuous life , and travelled to heaven , though through the ...
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Página 30 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround — They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste — Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
Página 118 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Página 31 - How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery. Sore pierced by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty.
Página 173 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 66 - ... the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which without such helps are never able to make their appearance.
Página 195 - 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...
Página 200 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 42 - INQUIRIES after happiness, and rules for attaining it, are not so necessary and useful to mankind as the arts of consolation, and supporting one's self under affliction. The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment ; if we aim at any thing higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavours at making himself easy now, and happy hereafter.
Página 30 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
Página 194 - That calm and elegant satisfaction which the vulgar call melancholy is the true and proper delight of men of knowledge and virtue.