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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... rule , if a wise man chance to have the statues or images of his ancestors , or other renowned persons of former ages , he will be very far from being proud of them , from showing them as badges of honor , from affecting a glory from ...
... rule , if a wise man chance to have the statues or images of his ancestors , or other renowned persons of former ages , he will be very far from being proud of them , from showing them as badges of honor , from affecting a glory from ...
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... rule , condensed his thought either too much or « < too little to be classed with essayists . His " Adages , " which are now more read than his more labored productions , have a reason for their vitality in such vigorous sentences as ...
... rule , condensed his thought either too much or « < too little to be classed with essayists . His " Adages , " which are now more read than his more labored productions , have a reason for their vitality in such vigorous sentences as ...
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... rule , you find wise men ek- ing out a miserable existence in poverty , starvation , and squalor , neglected , unhonored , and disliked ; whereas you see fools rolling in riches , promoted to offices of state , and flourishing in every ...
... rule , you find wise men ek- ing out a miserable existence in poverty , starvation , and squalor , neglected , unhonored , and disliked ; whereas you see fools rolling in riches , promoted to offices of state , and flourishing in every ...
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... rules the motions of the stirring mind : Like men who walk in their sleep , we are led about , we neither know whither nor how . I know there are some who vary their behavior out of pride , and in strangers , I confess , I know not how ...
... rules the motions of the stirring mind : Like men who walk in their sleep , we are led about , we neither know whither nor how . I know there are some who vary their behavior out of pride , and in strangers , I confess , I know not how ...
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... rules for severals , because he knows not how the times will be . He that lives always by book rules shall show himself affected and a fool . I will do that which I see comely ( so it be not dishonest ) , rather than what a grave ...
... rules for severals , because he knows not how the times will be . He that lives always by book rules shall show himself affected and a fool . I will do that which I see comely ( so it be not dishonest ) , rather than what a grave ...
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