Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed sentences, remarks and apophthegms of the greatest geniuses of ancient and modern times. To which are added, Thoughts, from the diary of a young man. By A. SteinmetzAndrew Steinmetz 1838 |
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... Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . 40 . I tell thee what , Antonio , There are sorts of men , whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond ; And do a ...
... Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . 40 . I tell thee what , Antonio , There are sorts of men , whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond ; And do a ...
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... lives in fear lives in slavery . — Ib . 131 . If you can sell your captive , do not kill him ; for he will then be of use to you . Nay , he may lead your sheep to pasture ; he may plough your lands ; he may navigate your ship , and ...
... lives in fear lives in slavery . — Ib . 131 . If you can sell your captive , do not kill him ; for he will then be of use to you . Nay , he may lead your sheep to pasture ; he may plough your lands ; he may navigate your ship , and ...
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... live , contributed to secure our sovereignty of the seas . The present navy of Great Britain has been constructed with the oaks which the genius of EVELYN planted . - D'Israeli . 162 . The first Italian actors wore masks - objections ...
... live , contributed to secure our sovereignty of the seas . The present navy of Great Britain has been constructed with the oaks which the genius of EVELYN planted . - D'Israeli . 162 . The first Italian actors wore masks - objections ...
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... live , by the regularity , point , and modesty of our opinions and actions . - Cicero . Ovid says of envy : 182 . Vixque tenet lachrymas , quod , nil lachrymabile cernit . Which means , that envy can scarce help crying , when she sees ...
... live , by the regularity , point , and modesty of our opinions and actions . - Cicero . Ovid says of envy : 182 . Vixque tenet lachrymas , quod , nil lachrymabile cernit . Which means , that envy can scarce help crying , when she sees ...
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... Aratus , and of Paul , " In him we live , and move , and have our being . " Ἐκ Διος άρχομεθα Πάντη δε Διος κεχρημεθα Παντες Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος εσμέν . Mason Good . 188 . What is REVERY ? It is the dream WORDS OF THE WISE . 55 55.
... Aratus , and of Paul , " In him we live , and move , and have our being . " Ἐκ Διος άρχομεθα Πάντη δε Διος κεχρημεθα Παντες Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος εσμέν . Mason Good . 188 . What is REVERY ? It is the dream WORDS OF THE WISE . 55 55.
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Page 104 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 47 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 75 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 72 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 45 - So may the outward shows be least themselves ; The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil...
Page 47 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 104 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 286 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 260 - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Page 13 - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.