A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules of Life from the Wise of All AgesJosephus Nelson Larned |
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... writings in which thoughtful and wise men of every age have deliberately undertaken to prescribe , for themselves or for others , the rules of right , prudent , and seemly conduct that have appeared most important in their several views ...
... writings in which thoughtful and wise men of every age have deliberately undertaken to prescribe , for themselves or for others , the rules of right , prudent , and seemly conduct that have appeared most important in their several views ...
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... writing , but they illustrated the ethical ideas of stoicism by their lives and by the precepts they formulated ; and the stoic creed has influenced morals a thousand times more through the pregnant injunctions and examples of these two ...
... writing , but they illustrated the ethical ideas of stoicism by their lives and by the precepts they formulated ; and the stoic creed has influenced morals a thousand times more through the pregnant injunctions and examples of these two ...
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... writings ascribed to him are fully believed to be the work of disciples , at a later time . Among them are the so - called " Golden Verses of Pythagoras , " of which a translation is given below . We are only permitted to believe that ...
... writings ascribed to him are fully believed to be the work of disciples , at a later time . Among them are the so - called " Golden Verses of Pythagoras , " of which a translation is given below . We are only permitted to believe that ...
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... writings of Aristotle are quite consistent with the tradition that he was for twenty years a pupil of the Aca- demic School . They show a long list of thoughts and expres- sions borrowed from the works of Plato , and also not unfre ...
... writings of Aristotle are quite consistent with the tradition that he was for twenty years a pupil of the Aca- demic School . They show a long list of thoughts and expres- sions borrowed from the works of Plato , and also not unfre ...
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... evil wife is ; and shut up , where many hands are . Deliver all things in number and weight ; and put all in writing that thou givest out , or receivest in . CICERO ( B. C. 106-43 . ) MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO ECCLESIASTICUS 125.
... evil wife is ; and shut up , where many hands are . Deliver all things in number and weight ; and put all in writing that thou givest out , or receivest in . CICERO ( B. C. 106-43 . ) MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO ECCLESIASTICUS 125.
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advice anger Aristotle avoid Bailey Saunders better blessing body boke Book of Proverbs born Buddhism called century conduct Confucius courage curtesie death deeds delight desire despise Divinity doth duty English Epictetus evil eyes father faults fear fool give Goethe grace hand happy hath heaven Hesiod holy honest honour keep king knowledge labour lest let thy live look Lord loue MADAME SWETCHINE man's manners Marcus Aurelius means mercy mind moral mouth nature ness never passion peace person philosopher pleasure poor precepts Ptah-hotep Pythagoras remember Resolved rich rules shame speak spirit Stageira T. W. Rhys Davids teaching temper Ten Precepts thee thine things Thomas à Kempis thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thought thy heart thy soul thyself tion tongue translation truth unto virtue wisdom wise words Wyclif
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Page 382 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Page 132 - Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 462 - I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived...
Page 61 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 41 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 51 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 131 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 464 - Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it ; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.
Page 136 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 45 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 Thou shalt. not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.