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... wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fooi , when be gains that of others . " The superior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined en- tirely by the sense of the passage , and always made alike ...
... wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fooi , when be gains that of others . " The superior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined en- tirely by the sense of the passage , and always made alike ...
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... wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
... wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
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... wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool , than of him . He that is slow to ...
... wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool , than of him . He that is slow to ...
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... wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness , to maintain his post ; to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to integrity and virtue ; and never to ...
... wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness , to maintain his post ; to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to integrity and virtue ; and never to ...
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... wise ; but what does wis dom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own ...
... wise ; but what does wis dom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.