 ... a speckled ax was best." For something that pretended to be reason was every now and then suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Seite 3311818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Penny Schine Gold, Benjamin C. Sax - 2000 - 332 Seiten
...suggesting to me, thai such extream Nicely as I exacted of my self might be a kind of Foppery in Morals, w hich if it were known would make me ridiculous; that...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance 1 156t. To be sure, "something that pretended to be Reason" looks at first glance lo be no more than... | |
 | Paul Downes - 2002 - 255 Seiten
...to me, that such extreme Nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of Foppery in Morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance. (Autobiography, 99) This moral aporia (it is immoral to be perfectly moral) is suggested by "something... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 2002 - 210 Seiten
...not smart to be too perfect, so he was careful to retain a few flaws to protect himself from envy: "a perfect character might be attended with the Inconvenience...Faults in himself, to keep his friends in Countenance." This joke on his effort to cultivate some imperfections draws attention to the kind of verbal trickery... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 Seiten
...to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 Seiten
...line of thought leads Franklin to suggest, wryly, that it may be possible to have too much virtue; "that a perfect Character might be attended with the...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance" (1390). However seriously this remark may be intended, it illustrates an important point: If the purposes... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 Seiten
...suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a...with the inconvenience of being envied and hated." Humility was also a problem. "I cannot boast of much success in acquiring the reality of this virtue,... | |
 | Lester C. Olson - 2004 - 350 Seiten
...humor, "that such extream Nicety as I exacted of my self might be a kind of Foppery in Morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance." Franklin consoled himself with the insight that "tho1 1 never arrived at the Perfection I had been... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 Seiten
...to me, that such extreme Nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of Foppery in Morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance. 96 This long, closing line is the key to the entire passage. Man's selfdelusion comes not merely in... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - 2004 - 330 Seiten
...of Foppery in Morals," which, if it became known, would make him "ridiculous." He goes on to observe "that a perfect Character might be attended with the Inconvenience of being envied and hated," and therefore "a benevolent Man should allow a few Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 Seiten
...Character might he attended with the Inconvenience of heing envied and hated; and that a henevoleut Man should allow a few Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Coumenance. In Truth I found myself incorrigihle with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and... | |
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