A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules of Life from the Wise of All AgesJosephus Nelson Larned Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901 - 499 Seiten |
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... resolved that thou hast right on thy side ; and then spare not for either money or pains ; for a cause or two so followed and obtained , will free thee from suits a great part of thy life . VII . Be sure to keep some great man thy 242 A ...
... resolved that thou hast right on thy side ; and then spare not for either money or pains ; for a cause or two so followed and obtained , will free thee from suits a great part of thy life . VII . Be sure to keep some great man thy 242 A ...
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... resolve that no man is wise or safe , but he that is honest . Serve God ; let him be the Author of all thy actions ; commend all thy endeavours to him that must either wither or prosper them ; please him with prayer , lest , if he frown ...
... resolve that no man is wise or safe , but he that is honest . Serve God ; let him be the Author of all thy actions ; commend all thy endeavours to him that must either wither or prosper them ; please him with prayer , lest , if he frown ...
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... resolve against death . But both martyrs for religion , heathen for glory , some for love of their country , others for affection to one special person , have encoun- tered death without fear , and suffered it without show of alteration ...
... resolve against death . But both martyrs for religion , heathen for glory , some for love of their country , others for affection to one special person , have encoun- tered death without fear , and suffered it without show of alteration ...
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... resolved in soul and conscience , can never be resolute in anything else . But that civil know- ledge , which will make you do well by yourself , and do good unto others , must be sought by study , by conference , and by observation ...
... resolved in soul and conscience , can never be resolute in anything else . But that civil know- ledge , which will make you do well by yourself , and do good unto others , must be sought by study , by conference , and by observation ...
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... resolved to rebuild his house from the foundation , it is not enough to knock the old structure down , collect stones and timber , call in an architect or make a plan for oneself : one must also , and indeed first , seek out some ...
... resolved to rebuild his house from the foundation , it is not enough to knock the old structure down , collect stones and timber , call in an architect or make a plan for oneself : one must also , and indeed first , seek out some ...
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advice AHIKAR anger Aristotle avoid better blessing body boke Book of Proverbs born Buddhism called century Confucius counsel courage death deeds delight desire despise DHAMMAPADA Divinity doth duty English Epictetus evil faults fear fool fortune give Goethe grace greatest habit hand happy hath heaven Hesiod honest honour keep king knowledge labour lest let thy live look Lord MADAME SWETCHINE man's manner Marcus Aurelius Max Müller mean mind moral nature ness never pain passion person philosopher pleasure poor precepts Ptah-hotep Pythagoras Resolved riches rules seek shame speak spirit Stageira T. W. Rhys Davids teaching temper Ten Precepts thee thine things Thomas à Kempis thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thought thy father thy heart thy soul thyself tion tongue translation truth virtue wife wisdom wise words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 49 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Seite 132 - Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil : but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Seite 462 - I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived...
Seite 61 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Seite 41 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Seite 51 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Seite 131 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Seite 29 - Foolish soul! What act of Legislature was there that thou shouldst be Happy? /A little while ago thou hadst no right to be at all. What if thou wert born and predestined not to be Happy, but to be Unhappy!
Seite 42 - Thou shalt not -covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Seite 281 - t that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice : Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man ; And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be : For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, — to thine...