| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...care and circumspection. He may, moreover, possibly have agreed by anticipation with the poet : — " At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan." We doubt, however, whether Cornelius was exactly one of these self-condemning philosophers, who either... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...and only wish, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, As duteous sons, our fatheis were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; At fifty, chides his infamous delay; Resolves, and re-resolves,... | |
| 1827 - 290 pages
...nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise : At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...thinks himself immortal : All men think all men mortal, but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...same. And why ? because he thinks himself immortal. AH men think all men mortal but themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate Strikes through... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...And that through ev'ry stage. When young, indjeedj In full content, we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxkms for ourselves; and only wish, As duteous sons, our...infamous delay; Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; . t. In all the magnanimity of thought, ;-. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. 4. And whj... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our father's were more wise-. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. 4 And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but themselves ; Themselves,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...; In all the magnanimity of thought, Resolves, and re-resolres, then dies the same. 4 And why ? Because bethinks himself immortal. All men think all men... | |
| 1928 - 732 pages
...himself a fool; Knows it at 40, and reforms his plan; At 50 chides his infamous delay, Pushes liis prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity...thought. Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same. — Edward Young. devised by the Lilly Scientific and Research Staff. Each ingredient used in the manufacture... | |
| 1891 - 754 pages
...his lay advisers as the outcome of their friendliness rather than the product of their intelligence. At thirty man suspects himself a 'fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. But it takes ten years to get from thirty to forty, and often longer if we judge by the test contained... | |
| 1900 - 498 pages
...steals, till all aro fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same." INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES. REPORTED BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY YMMIA [The remarks which follow... | |
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