Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 284 halaman |
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... . The pride of no person in a flourishing con- dition is more justly to be dreaded than that of him who is mean and cringing under a doubtful and un- prosperous fortune . - Burke . If there is ever a time to be ambitious , AGI AMB 9.
... . The pride of no person in a flourishing con- dition is more justly to be dreaded than that of him who is mean and cringing under a doubtful and un- prosperous fortune . - Burke . If there is ever a time to be ambitious , AGI AMB 9.
Halaman 10
... person himself , under the appearance of principle , it is the most incurable and inflexible of all human passions . — Hume . An ardent thirst of honor ; a soul unsatisfied with all it has done , and an unextinguished desire of doing ...
... person himself , under the appearance of principle , it is the most incurable and inflexible of all human passions . — Hume . An ardent thirst of honor ; a soul unsatisfied with all it has done , and an unextinguished desire of doing ...
Halaman 25
... persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities . Beauty in itself is such a silent orator , that it is ever pleading for respect and liking , and , by the eyes of others is ever sending to their hearts for love . Yet even ...
... persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities . Beauty in itself is such a silent orator , that it is ever pleading for respect and liking , and , by the eyes of others is ever sending to their hearts for love . Yet even ...
Halaman 37
... persons and things according to the major part of their charac- ter he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies . Watts . Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another ...
... persons and things according to the major part of their charac- ter he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies . Watts . Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another ...
Halaman 55
... person who is too nice an ob- server of the business of the crowd , like one who is too curious in observing the labor of the bees , will often be stung for his curiosity . ― Pope . The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from ...
... person who is too nice an ob- server of the business of the crowd , like one who is too curious in observing the labor of the bees , will often be stung for his curiosity . ― Pope . The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from ...
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