 | 1831 - 202 pages
...unite himself to us so intimately as his memory. Baroness Stacl Holstien. A weak man in an important office, like a squirrel in a cage, is labouring eternally...he talks a great deal, but says very little ; looks at every think, but sees into nothing ; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but very few of them are... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...eternally, but to no purpoie, and ш conitant motion, without getting on a jot ; like a turnstUe, he in in every body's way, but stops nobody ; he talks a...deal, but says very little; looks into every thing, bul sees into nothing ; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but very few of them are hot, and with... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...it, aud it is finished. He is below himself, that is not above an injury. HCRRY AND DISPATCH.— Nq two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry...the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. Idleness travels very leisurely, and poverty soon overtakes her. THE BROOK. OBSER VE the course of... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...each fixed fast. The nose of a mob is its imngination; by this, at any time, it can be quietly led. No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch;...the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. Though we travel over the world to find the beautiful, we mnst carry it within us, or we find it not.... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...contention is drawn, the hotter it grows. Happiness consists in the preservation of a firm and equal mind. No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch ; hurry is the mark of a weak mind, despatch of a strong one. The triumphs of truth are the most glorious, chiefly becanse they are the... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...— No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind ; despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally but to no purpose ; in constant motion without getting on a jot ; talks a great... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 pages
...BUSTLE. No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose, and in constant motion, without getting on a jot; like a turnstile... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...possessor. two things differ more than Hurry and Despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, Despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel...without getting on a jot; like a Turnstile, he is in everybody's way, but stops nobody; he talks a great deal, but says very little ; looks into every thing,... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pages
...early shall find me.' A good natured friend is often but an enemy in disguise. HURRY AND DISPATCH. — No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch....weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose ; in constant motion, without getting on a jot; talks a great... | |
 | 1858 - 1074 pages
...DESPATCH. No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind ; despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but U) no purpose ; in constant motiou, without getting on a jot; talks a great... | |
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No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. 
