 IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are...  Select British Classics - Page 181803Full view - About this book
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pages
...misadventure.— ALCOTT. The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command. — ORVILLE DEWEY. It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all...that which would fall to them by such a division. — ADDISON. We should learn, by reflecting on the misfortunes which have attended others, that there... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 38 pages
...vos, Vos bine mutatis discedite partibus, Eia I Quid stalls / Nolint. Atqui licet esse beads. — Hor. IT is a celebrated Thought of Socrates, that if all the Misfortunes of Mankind were cast into a publick Stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species, those who now think themselves... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 528 pages
...papers is the following, which has in it much of the old vein: THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN CALAMITIES. It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal further, and implies that the hardships or misfortunes we lie under are more easy to us than those... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it." ENDEAVORS OF MANKIND TO GET RID OP THEIR BURDENS. It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal further ; he says that the hardships or misfortunes which we lie under are more easy to us than those... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 476 pages
...mutatis discedite partilus. Eia, Quid statis ? Nolint. Atque licet esse beatis. — HOR., i Sat. ii IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal further in the motto of my paper, which implies that the hardships or misfortunes we lie under are... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1898 - 344 pages
...Guardian. He died in 1719. You should read at least a portion of the Sir Roger de Coverley papers. TT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that, if all...division. Horace has carried this thought a great deal further, which implies, that the hardships or misfortunes we He under are more easy to us than those... | |
 | 1898 - 348 pages
...Guardian. He died in 1719. You should read at least a portion of the Sir Roger de Coverley papers. TT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that, if all...of, before that which would fall to them by such a divisior Horace has q carried this thought a great deal further, which implies, that the hardships... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 470 pages
...mutatis discedite partibus. Eia, Quid statis ? Nolint. Atque licet esse leatis. — HOR., i Sat. ii IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all...whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappyjwould prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 338 pages
...Vos hinc mutatis discedite partibus, Eia I Quid statis ? Nolint, Atqui licet esse beatis, — Hor* IT is a celebrated Thought of Socrates, that if all the Misfortunes of Mankind were cast into a publick Stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species, those who now think themselves... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 344 pages
...yet none of these have any finer contributions than are to be found iu those first little pamphlets. IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into one public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves... | |
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