Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common LifeW. Innys, 1731 - 217 Seiten |
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... Serve well ; and then thou needeft not be afhamed to ask good Wages . 344 Weigh not every Syllable thou fpeakeft , as in a Goldsmith's Scales . 345 Be always at home with thy felf , and Ma- fter there . This is a great Point . 346 Avoid ...
... Serve well ; and then thou needeft not be afhamed to ask good Wages . 344 Weigh not every Syllable thou fpeakeft , as in a Goldsmith's Scales . 345 Be always at home with thy felf , and Ma- fter there . This is a great Point . 346 Avoid ...
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... Serve God in thy Youth , whilft thou haft Spirit and Abilities : Why fhould he take the De- vil's Leavings , when thou art now worn out , and canft fin no more ? 830 If thou wouldest keep an Acquaintance , and yet not admit him into ...
... Serve God in thy Youth , whilft thou haft Spirit and Abilities : Why fhould he take the De- vil's Leavings , when thou art now worn out , and canft fin no more ? 830 If thou wouldest keep an Acquaintance , and yet not admit him into ...
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... Serve others , fo as not to injure thyfelf too much ; and fo thyfelf , as to help others . 1952 If thou marrieft a rich Wife , thou art fure to have fomewhat to be in Love withal . 1953 Learn the Art of Silence : the wife Man that holds ...
... Serve others , fo as not to injure thyfelf too much ; and fo thyfelf , as to help others . 1952 If thou marrieft a rich Wife , thou art fure to have fomewhat to be in Love withal . 1953 Learn the Art of Silence : the wife Man that holds ...
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... serving that thou now disapprovest of the Senti- ments thou formerly was fond of . 2399 If thou confidereft of it , thou wilt find , that ' tis Vanity , that is the great Author of complemental Talk ; and when that gives over fuggefting ...
... serving that thou now disapprovest of the Senti- ments thou formerly was fond of . 2399 If thou confidereft of it , thou wilt find , that ' tis Vanity , that is the great Author of complemental Talk ; and when that gives over fuggefting ...
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... serve them . 2477 Thy Danger , or Safety , muft flow from a Principle within thee . The Devil and World may tempt thee , but they have no Power to constrain thee , if thou ftandeft but up for thy- felf . 2478 To fuffer Wrong ...
... serve them . 2477 Thy Danger , or Safety , muft flow from a Principle within thee . The Devil and World may tempt thee , but they have no Power to constrain thee , if thou ftandeft but up for thy- felf . 2478 To fuffer Wrong ...
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Seite 237 - ... his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of...
Seite 235 - ... of which the crafty man is always in danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences are so transparent that he that runs may read them...
Seite 234 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
Seite 235 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 233 - Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
Seite 234 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom, Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
Seite 234 - ... way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. The arts of deceit and cunning...
Seite 235 - Whereas he that acts sincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows nature, and so is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not invent any pretences beforehand, nor make excuses afterwards, for anything he hath said or done. But insincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to attend to, as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing.
Seite 217 - The Christian Institutes; or, the Sincere Word of • God. Being a plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian. Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture.
Seite 219 - Introductio ad Prudentiam; or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions tending to prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life.