The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of LogicDeare, 1813 - 352 páginas |
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... ready wit , and good parts , for this without labour and study will never make a man of knowledge and wisdom . This has been an unhappy temptation to persons of a vigorous and gay fancy to despise learning and study . They have been ...
... ready wit , and good parts , for this without labour and study will never make a man of knowledge and wisdom . This has been an unhappy temptation to persons of a vigorous and gay fancy to despise learning and study . They have been ...
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... ready wit , so neither must you imagine that large and laborious reading , and a strong memory , can denominate you truly wise . What that excellent critic has determined when he de- cided the question , whether wit or study makes the ...
... ready wit , so neither must you imagine that large and laborious reading , and a strong memory , can denominate you truly wise . What that excellent critic has determined when he de- cided the question , whether wit or study makes the ...
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... ready to entertain a high opinion of themselves . But a modest , humble youth , of a good genius , should not suffer himself to be discouraged by any of these considerations . They are designed only as a spur to diligence , and a guard ...
... ready to entertain a high opinion of themselves . But a modest , humble youth , of a good genius , should not suffer himself to be discouraged by any of these considerations . They are designed only as a spur to diligence , and a guard ...
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... ready with his jest to answer every thing that he hears ; he reads books in the same jovial humour . and has got the art of turning every thought and sen- tence into merriment . How many awkward and irregu- lar judgments does this man ...
... ready with his jest to answer every thing that he hears ; he reads books in the same jovial humour . and has got the art of turning every thought and sen- tence into merriment . How many awkward and irregu- lar judgments does this man ...
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... ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons ? How often is mankind prone to put an ill sense upon the actions of their neighbours , to take a survey of them in an evil po- sition , and in an unhappy light ...
... ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons ? How often is mankind prone to put an ill sense upon the actions of their neighbours , to take a survey of them in an evil po- sition , and in an unhappy light ...
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Página 237 - Sounds which address the ear are lost and die In one short hour; but that which strikes the eye Lives long upon the mind; the faithful sight Engraves the knowledge with a beam of light.
Página 193 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, H|l ft" Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 331 - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of fiends; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
Página 122 - Take heed of affecting always to shine in company above the rest, and to display the riches of your own understanding or your oratory, as though you would render yourself admirable to all that are present. This is seldom well taken in polite company; much less should you use such forms of speech as should insinuate the ignorance or dulness of those with whom you converse.
Página 55 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Página 118 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Página 13 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Página 9 - No man is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind, which is utterly neglected, and lies without any cultivation.
Página 115 - ... so much from your sentiments, for you yourself are very desirous to be heard with patience by others who differ from you. Let not your thoughts be active and busy all the while to find out something to contradict, and by what means to oppose the speaker, especially in matters which are not brought to an issue. This is a frequent and unhappy temper and practice. You should rather be intent and solicitous to take up the mind and meaning of the speaker, zealous...