 | 1836 - 496 pages
...perhaps arise from the care with which they are picked hop by hop, without being mixed with leaves. He that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. W líe n men of sense approve, the million are sure to follow ; to be pleased, is to pay a compliment... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...less fair will soothe my pensive breast, Which seeks not happiness, but longs for rest. RM WILLIAMS. HE that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted with others, or with himself. Constant success shews us but one side of the world; for, as it surrounds us with friends, who will tell us only our... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say—in others, not in themselves.—Ib. 794. He that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.—Ib. 795. What is passing in the heart of another, rarely escapes the observation of one,... | |
 | Juvenile gleaner - 1840 - 230 pages
...sigh to the remembrance of Imperial Rome — it was sacred to the death-place of St. Telemachus. TFJ HE that has never known adversity is but half acquainted...enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. 34 THE MASK. BY MRS. SARGANT. " WHAT a coward you are, Jamie !" cried George Gordon to his cousin,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1842 - 440 pages
...nothing more." The patriotic, the brave, the venerated HARRISON spake these words and expired. HF. that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. 36 THE PRAYER. Original. THE PRAYER. ВТ RЕТ. WILLIAM ЛVIХАХЯ. Written in his daughter's album... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...perhaps arise from the care with which they are picked hop by hop, without being mixed with leaves. He that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. When men of sense approve, the million are sure to follow ; to be pleased, is to pay a compliment to... | |
 | Agriculture - 1849 - 588 pages
...been idle." Above all things avoid law suits ; they impair your health and dissipate your property. HE that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. PREMIUMS FOR THE BOYS. DURING the past month we have received remittances from quite a number of young... | |
 | Agriculture - 1852 - 664 pages
...changes, it becomes an excellent prognosticator of a coming storm, or of acunny sky. ADVERSITY. — He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted...Constant success shows us but one side, of the world. For aa it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...disregard them. 15. ADVERSITY. Prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them. Colton. He that hath never known adversity is but half acquainted with...Constant success shows us but one side of the world, for it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits; and it also silences those enemies,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. — Fielding. ADVERSITY, WHAT IT TEACHES. — He that has never known adversity, is but half acquainted...our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom only we can learn our defects. — Colton. ADVICE AND EXAMPLE. — He that gives good advice, builds... | |
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself. Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For, as it surrounds us with friends, who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom... 
