... he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man, truly wise, creams off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up. This... Southern Literary Messenger - Halaman 1431849Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man,...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived ; the serene peaceful state of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness. It... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 402 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things; such a man,...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived ; the serene, peaceful state of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness.... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 halaman
...Epicurus content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superfices of things, such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature,...well-deceived, the serene peaceful state of being a fool_amqng knaves. But to return to madness. It is certain that, according to the system I have above... | |
| James Hay - 1891 - 392 halaman
...nothing constant in this world but inconstancy. — Vol. vp 8. MAKING THE BEST OF LIFE. A man duly wise creams off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up. DESIRE OF LONGEVITY. Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. NECESSITY OF RESPECT... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1892 - 500 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man,...creams off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs 25 for philosophy and reason to lap up. This is the sublime and refined point of felicity, called the... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1897 - 478 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man,...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived ; the serene peaceful state, of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness.... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1897 - 592 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man, truly wise, creams oft' nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up. This is the sublime... | |
| 1903 - 172 halaman
...hours of meat, sleep, and exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting. — Bacon. The cheerful man, truly wise, creams off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap on. — Swift. Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man. Labor sharpens the appetite,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 444 halaman
...art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man,...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived ; the serene peaceful state, of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness.... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 halaman
...art, — he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things, — such a...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived, — the serene, peaceful state of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness.... | |
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