Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 91
... truth being the first duty of religion and morality ; and whoever has not truth cannot be supposed to have any one good quality , and must become the detestation of God and man . Therefore I expect , from your truth and your honor ...
... truth being the first duty of religion and morality ; and whoever has not truth cannot be supposed to have any one good quality , and must become the detestation of God and man . Therefore I expect , from your truth and your honor ...
Σελίδα 116
... TRUTH . - Every man seeks for truth ; but God only knows who has found it . It is , therefore , as unjust to persecute as it is absurd to ridicule people for those several opinions which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction ...
... TRUTH . - Every man seeks for truth ; but God only knows who has found it . It is , therefore , as unjust to persecute as it is absurd to ridicule people for those several opinions which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction ...
Σελίδα 318
... truth ; for that it will not stick where it is not just . I deny it . * A truth learned in a cer- tain light , and attacked in certain words by men of wit and humor , may , and often doth , become ridic- " " * Chesterfield had at once ...
... truth ; for that it will not stick where it is not just . I deny it . * A truth learned in a cer- tain light , and attacked in certain words by men of wit and humor , may , and often doth , become ridic- " " * Chesterfield had at once ...
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