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... persons who estimate the depth of thought as an unskilful eye would estimate the depth of water . Muddy water is apt to be supposed to be deeper than it is , because you cannot see to the bottom ; very clear water , on the contrary ...
... persons who estimate the depth of thought as an unskilful eye would estimate the depth of water . Muddy water is apt to be supposed to be deeper than it is , because you cannot see to the bottom ; very clear water , on the contrary ...
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... persons who were to be the subjects of the kingdom that is not of this world . ' Much to the same effect is his declaration that those who should be his disciples indeed should know the Truth , ' and the ' Truth should make them free ...
... persons who were to be the subjects of the kingdom that is not of this world . ' Much to the same effect is his declaration that those who should be his disciples indeed should know the Truth , ' and the ' Truth should make them free ...
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... person of surpassing genius . ' " ' And this sentiment ( which implies a total indifference to truth and falsehood ) has been cited with approbation . " 1 Some men , again , from supposing themselves to have found truth , take for ...
... person of surpassing genius . ' " ' And this sentiment ( which implies a total indifference to truth and falsehood ) has been cited with approbation . " 1 Some men , again , from supposing themselves to have found truth , take for ...
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... persons , accordingly , who describe themselves - in one sense , correctly - as following the dictates of conscience , ' are doing so only in the same sense in which a person who is driving in a carriage may be said to follow his horses ...
... persons , accordingly , who describe themselves - in one sense , correctly - as following the dictates of conscience , ' are doing so only in the same sense in which a person who is driving in a carriage may be said to follow his horses ...
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... persons the opposite result will sometimes take place . One who has made confession of a long course of imposture will sometimes obtain thenceforward credit for veracity . A remarkable instance of this was an impostor who about forty ...
... persons the opposite result will sometimes take place . One who has made confession of a long course of imposture will sometimes obtain thenceforward credit for veracity . A remarkable instance of this was an impostor who about forty ...
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Page 485 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 3 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 181 - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
Page 566 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Page 486 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Page 359 - Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Page 70 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 73 - Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Page 1 - One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake.
Page 114 - Men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.