The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... never open the wrong one ......... .. 246 VANITY , the froth of pride 250 VARIETY , the spice of life 252 WIT , more ornamental than useful ... 254 WOMAN , nature and treatment of .. 255 XANTIPPE , on scolding . 260 XENIADES ...
... never open the wrong one ......... .. 246 VANITY , the froth of pride 250 VARIETY , the spice of life 252 WIT , more ornamental than useful ... 254 WOMAN , nature and treatment of .. 255 XANTIPPE , on scolding . 260 XENIADES ...
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... never ceasing and harmonious operations of her laws , his mind is led to contemplate the wisdom of the great Architect of worlds , and the natural philosophy of the universe . Aloof from the commoving arena of public life , and yet ...
... never ceasing and harmonious operations of her laws , his mind is led to contemplate the wisdom of the great Architect of worlds , and the natural philosophy of the universe . Aloof from the commoving arena of public life , and yet ...
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... never think how sandy's the foundation , What storms will batter , and what tempests shake us . — Otway . SOME Conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart ...
... never think how sandy's the foundation , What storms will batter , and what tempests shake us . — Otway . SOME Conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart ...
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... at his feet . Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B 2 APOTHEGMS . 17.
... at his feet . Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B 2 APOTHEGMS . 17.
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... never found from home , nor without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spike- nard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety survives death , and perfumes the ...
... never found from home , nor without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spike- nard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety survives death , and perfumes the ...
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