Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page iv
... better part of valour , and it is more certain , that diffidence is the better part of knowledge . Where I am ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most authors for ...
... better part of valour , and it is more certain , that diffidence is the better part of knowledge . Where I am ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most authors for ...
Page v
... better propose to them- selves , before publication , than have proposed to them , by their editors after it . I have thrown together , in this work , that which is the result of some reading and reflec- tion ; if it be but little , I ...
... better propose to them- selves , before publication , than have proposed to them , by their editors after it . I have thrown together , in this work , that which is the result of some reading and reflec- tion ; if it be but little , I ...
Page vii
... better judge of the pains that his efforts have cost him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a 1 voice , nor even an ...
... better judge of the pains that his efforts have cost him , than any reader can possibly be ; but to what purpose he has taken those pains , this is a question on which his readers will not allow the author a 1 voice , nor even an ...
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... better for you Christians , first of all to decide amongst yourselves what Christianity is , and when that important point is fully settled , then we think it will be time enough for you to begin your at- tempts of converting others ...
... better for you Christians , first of all to decide amongst yourselves what Christianity is , and when that important point is fully settled , then we think it will be time enough for you to begin your at- tempts of converting others ...
Page 35
... better to borrow experience than to buy it . He that sympathises in all the happi- ness of others , perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness , and he that is warmed by all the folly of others , has perhaps attained the sound- est ...
... better to borrow experience than to buy it . He that sympathises in all the happi- ness of others , perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness , and he that is warmed by all the folly of others , has perhaps attained the sound- est ...
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