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True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument. - [Wisdom] Verily, O man, with truth for thy theme, eloquence shall throne thee with archangels. - [Eloquence] Verily, there is nothing so true that the damps of error hath not warp'd it. - [Error] Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery; enough hath never caused misery but often quickened happiness. - [Wealth] Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - [Silence] When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being. - [Marriage] Who can wrestle against Sleep?--Yet is that giant very gentleness. - Of Beauty [Sleep] Clamorous pauperism feastest While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs. - Of Discretion [Labor] A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure. - Of Education [Babyhood] Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger. - Of Hatred and Anger [Deceit] God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love. - Of Immortality [God] A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever. - Proverbial Philosophy Series I--Of Reading [Books] There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless, And the choicest pleasures of life lie with the ring of moderation. - Proverbial Philosophy--Of Compensation (l. 15) [Moderation] Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure. - Proverbial Philosophy--Of Death (l. 53) [Naples] Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail: A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of a battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled. - Proverbial Philosophy--Of Faith (l. 11) [Confidence] Economy, the poor man's mint. - Proverbial Philosophy--Of Society (l. 191) [Economy] Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown, Have stirred up many zealous souls To fight against imaginary giants. - Proverbial Philosophy--Of Tolerance [Zeal] Displaying page 4 of 4 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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