Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed sentences, remarks and apophthegms of the greatest geniuses of ancient and modern times. To which are added, Thoughts, from the diary of a young man. By A. SteinmetzAndrew Steinmetz 1838 |
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... better- Guilt is the source of sorrow ; ' tis the fiend , Th ' avenging fiend that follows us behind With whips and stings : the bless'd know none of this , But rest in everlasting peace of mind , And find the height of all their heaven ...
... better- Guilt is the source of sorrow ; ' tis the fiend , Th ' avenging fiend that follows us behind With whips and stings : the bless'd know none of this , But rest in everlasting peace of mind , And find the height of all their heaven ...
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... better days come forth at once ; A long and shining train ; till thou , well pleased , Shalt bow , and bless thy fate , and say the gods are just . Rowe . 11 . Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy , as being the art ...
... better days come forth at once ; A long and shining train ; till thou , well pleased , Shalt bow , and bless thy fate , and say the gods are just . Rowe . 11 . Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy , as being the art ...
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... better right to contend for it than the young . — Ib . 58 . Seated on the exalted pinnacle which he has most fairly and honourably attained , if not by general ac- clamation , at least by the applauding voice of the majority , he must ...
... better right to contend for it than the young . — Ib . 58 . Seated on the exalted pinnacle which he has most fairly and honourably attained , if not by general ac- clamation , at least by the applauding voice of the majority , he must ...
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... better than his crown . His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty , Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above the sceptred sway , It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It ...
... better than his crown . His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty , Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above the sceptred sway , It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It ...
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... better than they can , by which means they acquire a formal and unnatural style . Whereas to write well , we must write easily and naturally.— Ib . 184 . There is no doing any thing well , without appli- cation and industry . Industry ...
... better than they can , by which means they acquire a formal and unnatural style . Whereas to write well , we must write easily and naturally.— Ib . 184 . There is no doing any thing well , without appli- cation and industry . Industry ...
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Page 104 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 47 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 75 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 72 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 45 - So may the outward shows be least themselves ; The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil...
Page 47 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 104 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 286 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 260 - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Page 13 - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.