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... wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The superior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined en- irely by the sense of the passage , and always made alike ...
... wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The superior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined en- irely by the sense of the passage , and always made alike ...
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... wise would be soon tired by continued action ; to the hearer , that the ear , also , may be relieved from the fatigue which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of sound ; and that the understanding may have sufficient time to ...
... wise would be soon tired by continued action ; to the hearer , that the ear , also , may be relieved from the fatigue which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of sound ; and that the understanding may have sufficient time to ...
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... wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
... wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
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... wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke , is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to ...
... wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke , is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to ...
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... wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post : to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to integrity and virtue ; and never to give ...
... wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post : to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to integrity and virtue ; and never to give ...
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