| Adam Smith - 1817 - 776 páginas
...acquaintance. Society and conversation, therefore, are the most powerful remedies for restoring the mind to its tranquillity, if, at any time, it has unfortunately...grief or resentment, though they may often have more htt* manity, more generosity, and a nicer sense of honour, yet seldom possess that equality of temper... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 páginas
...cherish great virtues, and to destroy little ones. " Society," says Adam Smith, "is the best preservative of that equal and happy temper, which is so necessary...more humanity, more generosity, and a nicer sense of honor, yet seldom possess that equality of temper which is so common among men of the world." The difference... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 páginas
...cherish great virtues, and to destroy little ones. "Society," says Adam Smith, " is the best preservative of that equal and happy temper, which is so necessary...more humanity, more generosity, and a nicer sense of honor, yet seldom possess that equality of temper which is so common among men of the world." The difference... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 páginas
...great virtues, and to destroy little ones. " Society," says Adam Smith, " is the best preservative of that " equal, and happy temper, which is so necessary to " self-satisfaction and enjoyment: men of retiremem " and speculation, who are apt to sit brooding at how " over either grief or resentment,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1855 - 400 páginas
...ones. "Society," says Adam Smith, "is sthe best preservative of that equal and happy temper, w7hich is so necessary to selfsatisfaction and enjoyment...more humanity, more generosity, and a nicer sense of honor, yet seldom possess that equality of temper which is so common among men of the world." The difference... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1871 - 378 páginas
...declared to be " the most powerful remedies for restoring the mind to its tranquillity, if, at anytime, it' has unfortunately lost it ; as well as the best...that equal and happy temper which is so necessary to self satisfaction and enjoyment. Men of retirement and speculation, who are apt to sit brooding at... | |
| Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 páginas
...— CHAPMAN. Society and conversation are the most powerful remedies for restoring the mind to its tranquillity, if at any time it has unfortunately...preservatives of that equal and happy temper which is so essential to self-satisfaction and enjoyment. Men of retirement and speculation, who are apt to sit... | |
| Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 562 páginas
...Society and conversation are the most powerful remedies for restoring the mind to its tranquility, if, at any time, it has unfortunately lost it: as...is so necessary to self-satisfaction and enjoyment. —ADAM SMITH. Conversation makes one what he is. —PROVERB. The first ingredient in conversation... | |
| Henry William Spiegel - 1991 - 904 páginas
...friendship and social life. "Society and conversation," he wrote in his Theory of Moral Sentiments, are "the best preservatives of that equal and happy temper,...is so necessary to selfsatisfaction and enjoyment." He practiced what he preached and never tired of joining clubs. ADAM SMITH'S ECONOMICS OF SELF-RELIANCE... | |
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