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... wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The superiour 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 fool , when he gains that of others . " The superiour 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 man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . NOTE . In the first chapter , the compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of ...
... wise man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . NOTE . In the first chapter , the compiler has exhibited sentences in a great variety of ...
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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 . 4. Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on ...
... 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 . 4. Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on ...
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... wise . 6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . 7. Šeest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is ...
... wise . 6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . 7. Šeest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is ...
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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 give ...
... 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 give ...
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