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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... World , and withal be heartily convinced that it is fo ; yet if you fit down there , and content your felf with only flying Thought and Theory , and never bring it home clofe enough to touch and operate upon your Will and Affe & ti- ons ...
... World , and withal be heartily convinced that it is fo ; yet if you fit down there , and content your felf with only flying Thought and Theory , and never bring it home clofe enough to touch and operate upon your Will and Affe & ti- ons ...
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... and comfortably in Adverfity , that fo be may have and enjoy as much true Pleafure and Hap- piness in this World , as his Capacity and Station can poffibly admit of . It's a Collection of Choice things , brought and laid It's.
... and comfortably in Adverfity , that fo be may have and enjoy as much true Pleafure and Hap- piness in this World , as his Capacity and Station can poffibly admit of . It's a Collection of Choice things , brought and laid It's.
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... World turn upfide down . 270 Seek till thou findeft , and thou'lt rot lofe thy Labour . -271 Keep good Company , and the Devil will not dare to make one . 272 Take heed of fwallowing Honey Words too fast . 273 Read not Books alone , but ...
... World turn upfide down . 270 Seek till thou findeft , and thou'lt rot lofe thy Labour . -271 Keep good Company , and the Devil will not dare to make one . 272 Take heed of fwallowing Honey Words too fast . 273 Read not Books alone , but ...
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... World for Praise . 293 Employ not a great deal of Care and Ex- actness about a Trifle . 294 When thou buyest , suspect Ornaments and Commendations . 295 Dispose not thy felf to much Eafe , but to much Patience . 296 Always fpeak Truth ...
... World for Praise . 293 Employ not a great deal of Care and Ex- actness about a Trifle . 294 When thou buyest , suspect Ornaments and Commendations . 295 Dispose not thy felf to much Eafe , but to much Patience . 296 Always fpeak Truth ...
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... it in time of Health . 371 Drive not too many Ploughs at one time ; fome will make foul Work . -372 Set not up for a Critick ; for that is giving a Challenge to the whole World . 373 Give - 373 Give not up thy felf to Indolence : [ 18 ]
... it in time of Health . 371 Drive not too many Ploughs at one time ; fome will make foul Work . -372 Set not up for a Critick ; for that is giving a Challenge to the whole World . 373 Give - 373 Give not up thy felf to Indolence : [ 18 ]
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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.