 | 1739 - 336 pages
...THERE are many more mining Qualities in the Mind of Man, but there is nonefo uieful as Difcretion j it is this indeed which gives a Value to all the reft,...and turns them to the Advantage of the Perfon who is poffeffed of them. Without it Learning is Pedantry, and Wit Impertinence ; Virtue it felf looks like... | |
 | 1778 - 350 pages
...There are many more fhining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft,...pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf looks like weaknefs ; the heft parts only qualify a man to be more fprightly in errors, and aftive to his own... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...but there is uleiul a» diicrclion; it il this indeed which gives a value to all th< reft, which fers them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perlón who is роЛеПЫ of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue... | |
 | 1787 - 588 pages
...fo ufèful as difcretion ¡ it is this, indeed, which gires a value to all the reft, which fets then at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffefled of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence. Virtue itfelf looks like... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 434 pages
...(hining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed that gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at...and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poifelTed of them. Without it learning- is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf looks like... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 642 pages
...There are many more fhining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none fo ufeful as diTcretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in ^heir proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who js pofleffed of them.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...There are many more finning qualities in the mind -of man, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the...and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is pofsefsed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf looks like... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...There are tnany more/fhining qualities in the mind of man,, but there is none fo ufefulas difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft,...them at work in .their proper times and places, and turns.them to the advantage of the perfon who is poflefTed of them- Without k learning is pedantry,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1802 - 278 pages
...is none 10 useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is pos;«;&edof them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and •wit impertinence ; virtue... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1802 - 252 pages
...There are many more mining qualities in the minds of nan, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them to work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advan.» tage of the perfon who is... | |
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the... 
