Maxims and Moral ReflectionsCollins & Hannay, 1827 - 214 pagine |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-5 di 16
Pagina 17
... correct us , is because we imagine they endeavor to insult our pride , rather than meliorate our conduct . 26. If you court respect for your own character , you will esteem those you resem- ble it is better to enjoy divided praise ...
... correct us , is because we imagine they endeavor to insult our pride , rather than meliorate our conduct . 26. If you court respect for your own character , you will esteem those you resem- ble it is better to enjoy divided praise ...
Pagina 18
... correct , it is first essential to be correct . In- struction , like charity , begins with ourselves . 31. In all your behavior avoid censurable conduct ; where we discover one fault , we very readily imagine more , nor do we com- monly ...
... correct , it is first essential to be correct . In- struction , like charity , begins with ourselves . 31. In all your behavior avoid censurable conduct ; where we discover one fault , we very readily imagine more , nor do we com- monly ...
Pagina 28
... correct , not to bribe , conduct -- forgive- ness will not always shame fools , nor will folly tire them . 76. As they that are penurious in little matters are often found liberal in great affairs -so they that are most scrupulous of ...
... correct , not to bribe , conduct -- forgive- ness will not always shame fools , nor will folly tire them . 76. As they that are penurious in little matters are often found liberal in great affairs -so they that are most scrupulous of ...
Pagina 35
... profess to expose your faults , while you neglect to correct them : ignorance is less criminal than blameable knowledge . 18. Opportunity and fortune often supply deficiency of ability , in people of ordinary capacity . REFLECTIONS . 35.
... profess to expose your faults , while you neglect to correct them : ignorance is less criminal than blameable knowledge . 18. Opportunity and fortune often supply deficiency of ability , in people of ordinary capacity . REFLECTIONS . 35.
Pagina 36
... correctly on every sub- ject he pretends equally to understand . 23. When friends differ inimically , the party that first complains is , by the world , usually first believed . 24. It is a dangerous rule , though a fre- quent one , to ...
... correctly on every sub- ject he pretends equally to understand . 23. When friends differ inimically , the party that first complains is , by the world , usually first believed . 24. It is a dangerous rule , though a fre- quent one , to ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
able men advice ambition ance appear avoid behavior better boast cause censure cerning character commenda commonly compliment conceal Concerning conduct confidence contempt correct crecy crime cunning cupidity dangerous deceived dence desire disappointment discretion disposition ditions duty endeavor enemies enterprise equal error esteem evil fail faithful faults favors fear flatter folly fools forgive fortitude fortune frequently friends friendship give gratitude guilty happy honest honor hypocrisy ignorance imagine imprudence Incontinence injury injustice judgment less lessen lest man's mation MAXIMS meliorate Men sometimes ment merit mind misfortunes mistaken rule moral nature neglect never nion nities obliged occasion offence offer opinion opposition ourselves pable passion perhaps persons pleasing practise praise pride principle proper prudent racter reason rence reproach reputation resent resolution respect ridicule rience secrecy secret seek seldom sensible shame sincerity sometimes spect spectare stancy suffer suffrage tempt tence tion usually vanity vice virtue virtuous weak wise
Brani popolari
Pagina 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Pagina 2 - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing tbe copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during tbe times therein mentioned :" and also to an act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors anu proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Pagina 10 - Omnis homines, Patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia, vacuos esse decet. Haud facile animus verum providet, ubi illa obficiunt; neque quisquam omnium lubidini simul et usui paruit. Ubi intenderis ingenium, valet : si lubido possidet, ea dominatur, animus nihil valet.
Pagina 180 - Political institutions must be conformed to the actual state of society; they must deal with men as they are, not as they ought to be.
Pagina 182 - A fool is always meditating how he shall begin his life ; a wise man how he shall end it.
Pagina 159 - Severity of punishment deters minor crimes, but renders greater ones more certain and determined.
Pagina 164 - No precepts are sufficiently able to enforce what our example tends to destroy.