A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and ModernF.B. Dickerson Company, 1902 - 644 pages |
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... habits of scorn and contempt for others , is sure to descend to the level of those he despises . It is better in some respects to be ad- mired by those with whom you live , than to be loved by them . And this is not on account of any ...
... habits of scorn and contempt for others , is sure to descend to the level of those he despises . It is better in some respects to be ad- mired by those with whom you live , than to be loved by them . And this is not on account of any ...
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... habit . Rochefoucauld . There is not a more repulsive spectacle than an old man who will not forsake the world , which has already forsaken him.- Tholuck . " AGITATION . - Agitation is the mar- shalling of the conscience of a nation to ...
... habit . Rochefoucauld . There is not a more repulsive spectacle than an old man who will not forsake the world , which has already forsaken him.- Tholuck . " AGITATION . - Agitation is the mar- shalling of the conscience of a nation to ...
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... and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave . - Pascal . The habit of dissipating every serions thought by a succession of agreeable sensa- AMUSEMENTS . tions is as fatal to happiness as to AMERICA . AMIABILITY . 17.
... and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave . - Pascal . The habit of dissipating every serions thought by a succession of agreeable sensa- AMUSEMENTS . tions is as fatal to happiness as to AMERICA . AMIABILITY . 17.
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... habit of seeking honor from our descendants than from our ancestors ; thinking it better to be nobly remembered than nobly born ; and striving so to live , that our sons , and our sons ' sons , for ages to come , might still lead their ...
... habit of seeking honor from our descendants than from our ancestors ; thinking it better to be nobly remembered than nobly born ; and striving so to live , that our sons , and our sons ' sons , for ages to come , might still lead their ...
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... habit and morals too often are neglected ; where chivalry is exalted , and religion under- valued ; where virtue is rather understood in the classic sense of fortitude and courage , than in the modern and Christian sense of true moral ...
... habit and morals too often are neglected ; where chivalry is exalted , and religion under- valued ; where virtue is rather understood in the classic sense of fortitude and courage , than in the modern and Christian sense of true moral ...
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action atheism beauty believe better blessing Chapin character Christ Christian Cicero Colton conscience death divine doth duty earth Eliot enemy eternal evil faith fear feel flowers folly fool genius George Eliot give glory God's Goethe grace greatest grow H. W. Beecher habit happiness hath heart heaven honor hope human Jeremy Taylor knowledge labor less liberty light ligion live look man's mankind marriage ment mind moral nature ness never noble opinion ourselves passions person Plato pleasure praise prayer pride R. D. Hitchcock reason religion rich sense Shakespeare Simmons smile sorrow soul speak spirit teach temper thee things Thomas à Kempis thou thought tion true truth Tryon Edwards vice Victor Hugo virtue Voltaire Walter Scott Washington Allston Washington Irving Wendell Phillips wisdom wise words