 | 1820 - 490 pages
...appropriate might be found in these words — " Aristoteles mea tenebra." Examinations are formidable ev«n to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask...than the wisest man can answer. It is better to have recouj-se to a quack, if he can cure our disorder, although he cannot explain it, than to « physician,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
...orphan, cast, inexperienced and penniless, on the world. EXAMINATION. — Examinations are for midable, even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. POPULAR AUTHORS. SIE EDWABD BTJLWEB LYTTON.* THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION. " Or course, sir, you... | |
 | 1851 - 448 pages
...son — her simple, loving faith — all combine to make up an exquisite picture. EXAMINATION. — Examinations are formidable, even to the best prepared,...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. PAIN AND PLEASURE. — In the constitution both of our mind and of our body, every thing must go on... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 360 pages
...every vice; but well-directed activity is the source of every laudable pursuit and worldly attainment. Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared;...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. An entire retreat from worldly affairs is not what religion requires ; nor does it even enjoin a long... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pages
...carved a cross upon our altars; but the smoke of our sacrifice goes up to Thor and Odin still. . * Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. Endless existence is a great truth ; but an immortality of pure affections and holy employments is... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 360 pages
...every vice ; but well-directed activity is the source of every laudable pursuit and worldly attainment. Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared;...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. An entire retreat from worldly affairs is not what religion requires ; nor does it even enjoin a long... | |
 | Greek - 1859 - 568 pages
...approach of the object. " Examinations " [when contemplated at a distance], says Colton in his " LACON," " are formidable even to the best prepared, for the...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer." Lex et consuetudo Parliament!. Lat. — " The law and custom of Parliament." Lex loci. Lat— "The... | |
 | 1860 - 366 pages
...6. Examinations are formidableHo the best prepared, for the gteateit fool may ask more than the 7. It is better to have recourse to a quack, if he can cure ou* disorder, although he can not explain it, than 8. There is this difference between happiness and... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1865 - 216 pages
...tells what the kernel is. A SHARP tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. EXAMINATIONS are formidable, even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more questions than the wisest man can answer. REASONABLE enthusiasm is the patrimony of great poets. AMONGST... | |
 | 1869 - 534 pages
...approach of the object. "Examinations" [when contemplated at a distance], says Colton in his "LACON," "are formidable even to the best prepared, for the...fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer." Lex loci. Lat. — "The law of the place." Lex loquens. Lat. — "The speaking law." A living arbitrator... | |
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. 
