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... PRUDENCE , defined ... 183 QUACKS , several kinds .... 187 QUARRELS , how to avoid them .... 189 READERS , of three kinds 191 RETALIATION , evils of ..... 193 REPROOF , how to administer it .. 195 REVENGE , miseries of ...... 197 ...
... PRUDENCE , defined ... 183 QUACKS , several kinds .... 187 QUARRELS , how to avoid them .... 189 READERS , of three kinds 191 RETALIATION , evils of ..... 193 REPROOF , how to administer it .. 195 REVENGE , miseries of ...... 197 ...
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... faith , and should soar above family quarrels . In giving advice , time , place , and manner , are of the first importance . Meekness , love , prudence , and discretion ; with other talents below mediocrity , will effect ADVICE . 11.
... faith , and should soar above family quarrels . In giving advice , time , place , and manner , are of the first importance . Meekness , love , prudence , and discretion ; with other talents below mediocrity , will effect ADVICE . 11.
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... prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow for friend- ship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science , and too hilly for happiness . Evil thoughts are ...
... prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow for friend- ship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science , and too hilly for happiness . Evil thoughts are ...
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... prudence , discretion , and common sense . Be consistent , was long a motto of the old Ro- mans - when this became obsolete in practice , they ceased to be . It was the motto of our revolutionary sires , and is still the watch word of ...
... prudence , discretion , and common sense . Be consistent , was long a motto of the old Ro- mans - when this became obsolete in practice , they ceased to be . It was the motto of our revolutionary sires , and is still the watch word of ...
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... prudence , and vir- tue . If they knew themselves - realized their own weakness - the dangers of temptation - the proneness of human nature to turn from the highway that leads to pure happiness , and would make themselves ac- quainted ...
... prudence , and vir- tue . If they knew themselves - realized their own weakness - the dangers of temptation - the proneness of human nature to turn from the highway that leads to pure happiness , and would make themselves ac- quainted ...
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