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" A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. "
The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs - Page 165
edited by - 1840
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...how great a task he undertakes : for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words , that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for granted there would be as much...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. xn. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. XII. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own be has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...skilful hinds ; in unskilful, the most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own he ha.sb;en in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day lhan he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal «f gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful bands ; Lu unskil(pljTOcrst mischievous. D 2 ,A man should never be ashamed to own he has been...the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that lie is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1810 - 570 pages
...want of readier change. ' A man should never he ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which it but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. • Every man has juat as much vanity as he wants understanding. ' To relieve the oppressed is the...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 pages
...others, is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults; as when a stream discovers...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...

Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 pages
...willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been iu the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us weaker...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful hands j in unskilful, the most mischievous. 7. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 8. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor Kian, I take it for granted there would be as...
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