The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... happiness ... ANGER , should be suppressed and regulated APOTHEGMS , useful maxims Page AVARICE , miseries of ..... BIBLE , its superiority over all books .... BENEVOLENCE , pure and false ... BREVITY , be short ... CALUMNY , baseness ...
... happiness ... ANGER , should be suppressed and regulated APOTHEGMS , useful maxims Page AVARICE , miseries of ..... BIBLE , its superiority over all books .... BENEVOLENCE , pure and false ... BREVITY , be short ... CALUMNY , baseness ...
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... HAPPINESS , what is true ....... HEART , description of natural and moral HONESTY , the true standard of 98 99 103 HONOR , each caste has its code ..... HOPE , its operations on the mind . IDLENESS , leads to crime 105 108 109 ...
... HAPPINESS , what is true ....... HEART , description of natural and moral HONESTY , the true standard of 98 99 103 HONOR , each caste has its code ..... HOPE , its operations on the mind . IDLENESS , leads to crime 105 108 109 ...
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... happiness . More independent than any other calling , it is calculated to produce an innate love of liberty . The farmer stands upon a lofty eminence , and looks upon the bustle of cities , the intricacies of mechanism , the din of ...
... happiness . More independent than any other calling , it is calculated to produce an innate love of liberty . The farmer stands upon a lofty eminence , and looks upon the bustle of cities , the intricacies of mechanism , the din of ...
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... happiness , and ends his career in the midst of exertions to obtain more . So ended the onward and upward career of Napoleon - his life , a modern wonder - his fate , a fearful warning - his death , a scene of gloom . Power is gained as ...
... happiness , and ends his career in the midst of exertions to obtain more . So ended the onward and upward career of Napoleon - his life , a modern wonder - his fate , a fearful warning - his death , a scene of gloom . Power is gained as ...
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... happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind - perhaps a tornado of anger . I have more than once seen the furniture of a house in a mass of ruin , the work of an angry ...
... happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind - perhaps a tornado of anger . I have more than once seen the furniture of a house in a mass of ruin , the work of an angry ...
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