Wisdom of the Wise: Pithy and Pointed Sayings of the Best AuthorsD. Lothrop Company, 1891 - 95 страници |
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action beautiful Bible breath canst CHARLES KINGSLEY CHARLES SWAIN CHESTERFIELD child COLTON conceit COWPER Death deeds doth duty E. B. BROWNING EPICTETUS evil eyes faith fear FITZ-GREENE HALLECK flower forgive friends FRIENDSHIP GEORGE ELIOT give God's love grow H. W. BEECHER H. W. LONGFELLOW happy hath heaven holy honest hour idle indolence J. G. HOLLAND J. G. WHITTIER J. R. LOWELL JEREMY TAYLOR justice keep knowledge lesson light live Lord loveth man's MILTON mind MISCELLANEOUS Modesty mother N. P. WILLIS nature neighbor never noble noblest O. W. HOLMES obedience patience peace POPE pray prayer pride R. W. EMERSON revenge ROBERT BROWNING SHAKESPEARE SIR MATTHEW HALE soul spirit strength sweet TENNYSON thee things THOMAS FULLER thou mayst thoughts to-day to-morrow toil true trust truth virtue wisdom wise woman words
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Страница 67 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Страница 43 - If we work upon marble, it will perish ; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten to all eternity.
Страница 63 - Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires; Strike — for the green graves of your sires, God — and your native land!
Страница 18 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Страница 72 - Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Страница 92 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Страница 21 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Страница 8 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Страница 51 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Страница 79 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.