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... wisdom . I do not pretend to have attained this , I have only attempted it . One thing I may affirm , that I have first considered whether it be worth while to say a thing at all , before I have taken any trouble to say it well ...
... wisdom . I do not pretend to have attained this , I have only attempted it . One thing I may affirm , that I have first considered whether it be worth while to say a thing at all , before I have taken any trouble to say it well ...
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... wisdom of his friends , and by the folly of his enemies , and our Brobdignag will often become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage , at the ...
... wisdom of his friends , and by the folly of his enemies , and our Brobdignag will often become a Lilliputian . I think it is Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage , at the ...
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... wisdom . But such is the purblind egotism , and the suicidal selfish- ness of mankind , that things so desirable are seldom pur- sued , things so accessible , seldom attained . That is indeed a twofold knowledge , which profits alike by ...
... wisdom . But such is the purblind egotism , and the suicidal selfish- ness of mankind , that things so desirable are seldom pur- sued , things so accessible , seldom attained . That is indeed a twofold knowledge , which profits alike by ...
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... wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty , safety from danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and ...
... wisdom can draw expedient from obstacle , invention from difficulty , safety from danger , resource from sterility , and remedy from poison . In her hands all things become beautiful , by their adaptment ; subservient by their use ; and ...
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... wisdom . LVIII . IF all seconds were as averse to duels as their princi- pals , very little blood would be shed in that way . LIX . IF we cannot exhibit a better life than an atheist , we must be very bad calculators , and if we cannot ...
... wisdom . LVIII . IF all seconds were as averse to duels as their princi- pals , very little blood would be shed in that way . LIX . IF we cannot exhibit a better life than an atheist , we must be very bad calculators , and if we cannot ...
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