Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Band 3T. Boys, 1826 - 360 Seiten |
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... I have long thought , that the different abilities of men , which we call wisdom or prudence for the con- duct of public affairs or private life , grow directly out of that little grain of intellect or good sense which 4 LACONICS .
... I have long thought , that the different abilities of men , which we call wisdom or prudence for the con- duct of public affairs or private life , grow directly out of that little grain of intellect or good sense which 4 LACONICS .
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... wisdom has ever split ; in one case , the client resembles that em- peror who is said to have been suffocated with the bed clothes , which were only designed to keep him warm ; in the other , that town which let the enemy take ...
... wisdom has ever split ; in one case , the client resembles that em- peror who is said to have been suffocated with the bed clothes , which were only designed to keep him warm ; in the other , that town which let the enemy take ...
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... wisdom of those persons who set up for reformers of the age . ' Tis a part a man cannot act long , without offending his friends and rendering himself ridiculous.St . Evremond . LXVII . It would be an unspeakable advantage , both c 3 ...
... wisdom of those persons who set up for reformers of the age . ' Tis a part a man cannot act long , without offending his friends and rendering himself ridiculous.St . Evremond . LXVII . It would be an unspeakable advantage , both c 3 ...
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... wisdom is the most terrified with epi- demical fanaticism , because , of all enemies , it is that against which she is the least able to furnish any kind of resource.- Burke . - LXXXIV . Reason ! how many eyes hast thou to see evils ...
... wisdom is the most terrified with epi- demical fanaticism , because , of all enemies , it is that against which she is the least able to furnish any kind of resource.- Burke . - LXXXIV . Reason ! how many eyes hast thou to see evils ...
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... wisdom , thou thing divine , Convert my humble soul into thy shrine . And then this body , though it want a stone ... wisdom tolerates all sorts of things ) , that is more odious and D disgusting than an impotent helpless creature ...
... wisdom , thou thing divine , Convert my humble soul into thy shrine . And then this body , though it want a stone ... wisdom tolerates all sorts of things ) , that is more odious and D disgusting than an impotent helpless creature ...
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