There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the... A Book of Golden Thoughts - Página 124de Henry Attwell - 1870 - 288 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Lindley Murray - 1839 - 232 páginas
...the water may run away. Nobody is so sanguine to hope for it. Fare thee well, brother. There are many shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Neither he nor his brother were included in the indictment (inditement). A new gaol (jale) is building.... | |
| 1839 - 630 páginas
...— There etill are hearts, old church, to keep Thy worship and thy name ! DISCRETION. THERE are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so usful as discretion ; it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work... | |
| 1839 - 656 páginas
...shameThere still are hearts, old church, to keep Thy worship and thy name ! DISCRETION. THERE are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so usful аз discretion ; it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, which set» them at... | |
| 1841 - 436 páginas
...obstructions around, and enables a person to decide upon the proper course of action. " There arc many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work, and turns them to the advantage of the... | |
| 1841 - 435 páginas
...a person to decide upon the proper course of action. " There arc many more shining qualities in tho mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work, and turns them to the advantage of the... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 páginas
...under-agent of Providence, to guide and direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. There are many to prep@ set* them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who... | |
| Ruling passion - 1845 - 1156 páginas
...many shining qualities in the mind of man, but theri are none BO useful as discretion ; it is that, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, which...their proper times and places, and turns them to the adTantage of the person who is possessed of them ; — without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 páginas
...education than the result of rational inquiry. — The Bee, 1791. CLZZI. Discretion. — There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there...and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possesed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like... | |
| Peter Bullions - 1846 - 252 páginas
...him I left the cup to teach his mind, That heaven can bless if mortals will be kind. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Mr. Lock having been introduced by Lord Shaftsbury to the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Halfax, these... | |
| Charles Buck - 1851 - 888 páginas
...and acting agreeably to the difference of things. "There are," says Addison, No. 225, Spect. "many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there...rest ; which sets them at work in their proper times uud places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning... | |
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