Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... enemies , and our Brobdignag will often become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ...
... enemies , and our Brobdignag will often become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ...
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... enemies . XXXIII . " Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum , " this is well translated by some one who observes that it is far better to borrow experience than to buy it . He that sympathises in all the happi- ness of others ...
... enemies . XXXIII . " Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum , " this is well translated by some one who observes that it is far better to borrow experience than to buy it . He that sympathises in all the happi- ness of others ...
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... enemy ; but I will remember , and this I owe to myself . XXXVI . The drafts which true genius draws upon pos- terity , although they may not always be honour- ed so soon as they are due , are sure to be paid with compound interest in ...
... enemy ; but I will remember , and this I owe to myself . XXXVI . The drafts which true genius draws upon pos- terity , although they may not always be honour- ed so soon as they are due , are sure to be paid with compound interest in ...
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... enemy . Here , we plainly see the folly of call- ing in the bible to support the sword ; but is it not as great a folly to call in the sword to sup- port the bible ? Our Saviour divided force from reason , and let no man presume to join ...
... enemy . Here , we plainly see the folly of call- ing in the bible to support the sword ; but is it not as great a folly to call in the sword to sup- port the bible ? Our Saviour divided force from reason , and let no man presume to join ...
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... enemies . But a safety , built upon successful vengeance , and established not upon our love , but upon our fear , often contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction . It is at best a joyless and a precarious safety , as ...
... enemies . But a safety , built upon successful vengeance , and established not upon our love , but upon our fear , often contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction . It is at best a joyless and a precarious safety , as ...
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