 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 Seiten
...motives to exertion ; the indolent stands in direct opposition to nothing but the general term active ; ' Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life...the relaxed and feeble state of an indolent mind.' BLAIK. The life of a common player is most apt to breed an habitual idleness ; as they have no serious... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 268 Seiten
...as, "How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!" " Mankind act oftener from caprice than reason." Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life...inability to guide ourselves. The friendships of the world can subsist no longer than interest cements them. Expect no more from the world than it is able... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 214 Seiten
...filial affection. RULE XII. Grammar, p. 237. Key, p. 90. Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoymentof life as the relaxed and feeble state of an indolent...himself the less he likes to hear another talked of. Nothingmore strongly inculcates resignation than the experience of our own inability to guide ourselves.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1828 - 168 Seiten
...all their powers. Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life,...the relaxed and feeble state of an indolent mind. He who is a stranger to industry may possess, but he cannot enjoy. For it is labour only which gives... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. — Bruyere. DCCXVIIL The more anyone speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of. — Lavater. DCCXIX. Unseasonableness is a method of accosting which is troublesome to the persons... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. — Bruyere. DCCXVIII. The more anyone speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another" talked of. — Lavater. DCCXIX. Unseasonableness is a method of accosting which is troublesome to the persons... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...advancing years ? Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life, as the relaxed and feeble state of an indo-. lent mind. He who is a s'tdn^er to industry, may possess, but he cannol enjoy. For it is labour... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 Seiten
...evidence that we are deficient in energy*. The young are slaves to novelty, and the old to custom. The more a man speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of. To be totally indifferent to praise or censure is a real defect in character. Men generally put a greater... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1833 - 240 Seiten
...illustrious example of chastity resignation and filial affection. RULE XII. Grammar, p. 261. Key, p. 116. Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life...inability to guide ourselves. The friendships of the world can subsist no longer than interest cements them. Expect no more from the world than it is able... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1833 - 222 Seiten
...illustrious example of chastity resignation and filial affection. RULE XII. Grammar, p. 237. Key, p. 90. Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life...himself the less he likes to hear another talked of. Wolhingmore strongly inculcates resignation than tne experience of our own inability to guide ourselves.... | |
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Nothing is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life as the relaxed and feeble state of an indolent mind. 
