The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue: Condensed from the Scriptures of Eminent Cosmians, Pantheists and Physiphilanthropists, of Various Ages and Climes ...G. Vale, 1849 - Ethics |
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... Honor thy father and mother ; and ; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . If thou wilt be perfect , go , sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven . But wo unto you , scribes and Pharisees ...
... Honor thy father and mother ; and ; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . If thou wilt be perfect , go , sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven . But wo unto you , scribes and Pharisees ...
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... Honor thy father and mother ; and ; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . If thou wilt be perfect , go , sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven . But wo unto you , scribes and Pharisees ...
... Honor thy father and mother ; and ; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . If thou wilt be perfect , go , sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven . But wo unto you , scribes and Pharisees ...
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... , then , such toys as these Contribute nothing to the body's ease , As honor , wealth , and nobleness of blood ; " Tis plain , they likewise do our mind no good . But now I'll sing , do you attend , how EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY . 23.
... , then , such toys as these Contribute nothing to the body's ease , As honor , wealth , and nobleness of blood ; " Tis plain , they likewise do our mind no good . But now I'll sing , do you attend , how EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY . 23.
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... honor , seiz'd their place , The wise and beauteous bow to fortune's ass . But if men would live up to reason's rules , They would not scrape and cringe to wealthy fools : For ' tis the greatest wealth to live content With little , such ...
... honor , seiz'd their place , The wise and beauteous bow to fortune's ass . But if men would live up to reason's rules , They would not scrape and cringe to wealthy fools : For ' tis the greatest wealth to live content With little , such ...
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... honors lay , Quick strokes from envy , as from thunder thrown Tumble the bold aspiring wretches down ; They find a grave , who strove to reach a crown . Thus monarchy was lost . That sun once set , a thousand little stars Gave a dim ...
... honors lay , Quick strokes from envy , as from thunder thrown Tumble the bold aspiring wretches down ; They find a grave , who strove to reach a crown . Thus monarchy was lost . That sun once set , a thousand little stars Gave a dim ...
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Page 107 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...
Page 126 - NATURE hath made men so equal in the faculties of the body and mind, as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may not pretend as well as he.
Page 147 - there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.