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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... greater part is the Fruit of my Industry and Reading , for ( as Seneca faith , Epift . 16. ) Quicquid benè dictum eft ab ullo , Meum eft . It bath always been my Custom , that when when ever I light upon a fine Passage in any [ xij ]
... greater part is the Fruit of my Industry and Reading , for ( as Seneca faith , Epift . 16. ) Quicquid benè dictum eft ab ullo , Meum eft . It bath always been my Custom , that when when ever I light upon a fine Passage in any [ xij ]
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... greater . 267 Study more how to dye , than how to live . 268 Evermore create as few Troubles to thy felf , as thou canst . 269 Stand thou upright , tho ' the World turn upfide down . 270 Seek till thou findeft , and thou'lt rot lofe thy ...
... greater . 267 Study more how to dye , than how to live . 268 Evermore create as few Troubles to thy felf , as thou canst . 269 Stand thou upright , tho ' the World turn upfide down . 270 Seek till thou findeft , and thou'lt rot lofe thy ...
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... . 460 Do a Kindness to a Perfon of Merit , and thereby thou'lt do thy felf a greater . 461 If thou defireft to build up thy own For- tune , fet early about it . 462 Pluck 462 Pluck up Courage enough to follow the Bent of [ 23 ]
... . 460 Do a Kindness to a Perfon of Merit , and thereby thou'lt do thy felf a greater . 461 If thou defireft to build up thy own For- tune , fet early about it . 462 Pluck 462 Pluck up Courage enough to follow the Bent of [ 23 ]
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... greater Hurt to others to conceal it . 467 Liften to all the World , that thou mayst not be ignorant of any of thy Faults . 468 Let thy Child's firft Leffon be Obedience ; and the second may be what thou wilt . 469 In reading , mind not ...
... greater Hurt to others to conceal it . 467 Liften to all the World , that thou mayst not be ignorant of any of thy Faults . 468 Let thy Child's firft Leffon be Obedience ; and the second may be what thou wilt . 469 In reading , mind not ...
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... greater . 599 If thou wouldeft live happily , neither truft to good Fortune , nor fink under bad . 600 If thou hopeft to please all , thy Hopes are vain : If thou feareft to displease fome , thy Fears are idle . 601 Be contented with a ...
... greater . 599 If thou wouldeft live happily , neither truft to good Fortune , nor fink under bad . 600 If thou hopeft to please all , thy Hopes are vain : If thou feareft to displease fome , thy Fears are idle . 601 Be contented with a ...
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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.