The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... things is the Supreme Good . Whatever separates us from God is evil , but nothing else is . Pain , if it be a protest of higher law against our reaction to a lower life , or if it be a spur to a higher endeavor , may be good in itself ...
... things is the Supreme Good . Whatever separates us from God is evil , but nothing else is . Pain , if it be a protest of higher law against our reaction to a lower life , or if it be a spur to a higher endeavor , may be good in itself ...
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... things , and aversion means aversion from bad things ; having learned too that happiness and tranquillity are not attainable by man otherwise . than by not failing to obtain what he desires , and not falling into that which he would ...
... things , and aversion means aversion from bad things ; having learned too that happiness and tranquillity are not attainable by man otherwise . than by not failing to obtain what he desires , and not falling into that which he would ...
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... things , and the most necessary , are those which I have named . But if with trembling and lamentation you seek that which you avoid , tell me how you are im- not to fall into proving . Do you then show me your improvement in these things ...
... things , and the most necessary , are those which I have named . But if with trembling and lamentation you seek that which you avoid , tell me how you are im- not to fall into proving . Do you then show me your improvement in these things ...
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... things are not false , from which happiness comes and tranquillity arises . Take my books , and you will learn how true and conformable to nature are the things which make me free from perturbations . O great good fortune ! O the great ...
... things are not false , from which happiness comes and tranquillity arises . Take my books , and you will learn how true and conformable to nature are the things which make me free from perturbations . O great good fortune ! O the great ...
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... thing has happened according to reason . Yes , but the unjust man has the advantage . In what ? In money . Yes , for ... things to the better men ? Is it not better to be modest than to be rich ? He admitted this . Why are you vexed then ...
... thing has happened according to reason . Yes , but the unjust man has the advantage . In what ? In money . Yes , for ... things to the better men ? Is it not better to be modest than to be rich ? He admitted this . Why are you vexed then ...
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