The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself with asking much about was happiness enough to get his work done. Not "I can't eat!" but "I can't work!" that was the burden of all wise complaining among men. It is, after all, the one unhappiness... Half-hours with Freethinkers - Page 5edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
| George Smith Drew - 1878 - 250 pages
...that very paltry speculation is at bottom, if we will count, not yet two centuries old in the world. The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...about, was happiness enough to get his work done." We ought to be thankful for what may be called this prophetic testimony. And yet, while it renders... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...thy pleasure : thy will be done, though in my own undoing. SIR T. BROWNE : Kelig. Med., Pt. II. xv. < z ^ | Z l but, "I can't work!" — that was the burden of all wise complaining among men. It is, after all, the... | |
| Edward Clodd - Jews - 1880 - 434 pages
...men have ; not even with happiness, which thousands of good men have died failing to possess ; that " the only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...asking much about was, happiness enough to get his work done,"1 leaving the rest to take care of itself, because " the well-being of our souls depends only... | |
| Theodore Thornton Munger - Conduct of life - 1881 - 248 pages
...and intellectual beauty would appear, and society itself reveal the Orphic movement." — BUSIINELL. "The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...about was, happiness enough to get his work done." — CARLYLK. VIII. AMUSEMENTS. I •WOULD prefer, if it were possible, to avoid entering on the question... | |
| English literature - 1883 - 530 pages
...all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite " (Sartor Eesartus : the Everlasting Tea). " The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...much about was, happiness enough to get his work done " (Past and Present). In closing these notes, I feel painfully that some readers may think them out... | |
| Christian Redford - Christian life - 1883 - 142 pages
...your business which makes you happy ? So far well. " The only happiness," it has been said, " that a brave man ever troubled himself with asking much...about, was happiness enough to get his work done." But then, it must be asked — what is this work ? And by and by, when it no longer claims you, have... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1885 - 688 pages
...very paltry speculation, is at bottom, if we will count well, not yet two centuries old in the world. The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...happiness enough to get his work done. Not "I can't eat!" but "I can't work !" that was the burden of all wise complaining among men. It is, after all, the one... | |
| James Wolfendale - 1887 - 456 pages
...troubles himself with asking much about is the happiness to get his work done. Not ' I can't eat ! ' but ' I can't work ! ' — that was the burden of all wise complaining among men." — T. Carlyle. " Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of mind." — Antoninus, " Happiness... | |
| Theodore Thornton Munger - Conduct of life - 1890 - 250 pages
...and intellectual beauty would appear, and s.ciety itself reveal the Orphic movement." — BUSHNELL. "The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself...with asking much about was, happiness enough to get hie * rk dooe." — C 4 iu.vi.it. vm. AMUSEMENTS. prefer, if it were possible, to avoid entering on... | |
| Theodore Thornton Munger - Conduct of life - 1891 - 264 pages
...intellectual beauty would appear, and society itself reveal the Orphic movement." — lilJSHKELL. "'Die only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself with...about, was happiness enough to get his work done.'' — CARLYLE. "The object of all recreation is to increase our capacity for work, to keep the blood... | |
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