 A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to...  NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP - Page 2041804Full view - About this book
 | Bonamy Dobrée - 1925 - 400 pages
...attitude. He could not be negligent of what any one thought of him. " A man's first care ", he wrote, " should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart...than to see those approbations which it gives itself • Letter LXVI. seconded by the applauses of the public : a man is more sure of his conduct, when... | |
 | William Safire, Leonard Safir - 1990 - 436 pages
...manners. And he that reverences this judge, will seldom do anything he need repent of. — Thomas Fuller A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. — English proverb Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. — Albert Einstein... | |
 | Charles Philip Brown - 2005 - 1456 pages
...foundation both of reputation and fortune; and the first step to greatness— is to be hon*est." " A man's first care — should be to avoid the reproaches of his own1 heart ; his next — to escape the censures of the world*." " We should esteem virtue — though... | |
 | William Gerber - 1997 - 252 pages
...World." Approval by the world, he explained, if it conflicts with approval by one's conscience, (36) "ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise, there...which it gives itself seconded by the Applauses of the Publick." By contrast with Addison's commendation of approval as a criterion, a stanza by the nineteenth-century... | |
 | 2005 - 328 pages
...plans often miscarry. A %- ^ fa ^ % ° j Man's best possession is a loving wife. ^A«1t-^W«-fiff* « j A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. A man's greed is like a snake that wants to swallow an A man's heart elephant. AX JA man's heart is... | |
 | 李瑋 (西洋文學) - 2005 - 328 pages
...worst is his wife. ^ Man's best plans ofien miscarry. . Man's best possession is a loving wife. JA man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches...heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. - A man's greed is like a snake that wants to swallow an elephant. AX.-^JUB**. -ffl j A man's heart... | |
 | Paul Hawker - 2007 - 226 pages
...what was and wasn't to be? Who had put in place the criteria I was living by? I had a lot to learn. A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart. JOSEPH ADDISON FOUR Solitude It's amazing what a night's sleep can do. From being quite depressed the... | |
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