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Higher morality is to be had , but is not read ; this honest wordling will speak to
the hearts of those who are already set upon the world , will guide them rightly
according to his lights , will leave them at a higher stage , and will perhaps
astonish ...
Higher morality is to be had , but is not read ; this honest wordling will speak to
the hearts of those who are already set upon the world , will guide them rightly
according to his lights , will leave them at a higher stage , and will perhaps
astonish ...
Σελίδα 17
What he said then , in 1768 , Chesterfield had already said more than twenty
years previously , writing to the younger Crebillon , a singular correspondent and
a singular confidant in point of morality . Voltaire was under consideration , on ...
What he said then , in 1768 , Chesterfield had already said more than twenty
years previously , writing to the younger Crebillon , a singular correspondent and
a singular confidant in point of morality . Voltaire was under consideration , on ...
Σελίδα 18
... even if he be fully persuaded of its error , on account of the trouble and
disorder it might cause ; but I am sure that it is in no wise allowable to attack the
foundations of true morality , and to break necessary bonds which are already too
weak ...
... even if he be fully persuaded of its error , on account of the trouble and
disorder it might cause ; but I am sure that it is in no wise allowable to attack the
foundations of true morality , and to break necessary bonds which are already too
weak ...
Σελίδα 26
All his morality on this point is summed up in a line of Voltaire : " Il n ' est jamais
de mal en bonne compagnie . ” It is at these sentences more especially that the
modesty of the grave Johnson is put to the blush ; ours is content to smile at them
.
All his morality on this point is summed up in a line of Voltaire : " Il n ' est jamais
de mal en bonne compagnie . ” It is at these sentences more especially that the
modesty of the grave Johnson is put to the blush ; ours is content to smile at them
.
Σελίδα 27
Here are some precepts or remarks which are worthy of those masters of human
morality : “ The most essential of all knowledge , I mean the knowledge of the
world , is never acquired without great attention , and I know a great many aged ...
Here are some precepts or remarks which are worthy of those masters of human
morality : “ The most essential of all knowledge , I mean the knowledge of the
world , is never acquired without great attention , and I know a great many aged ...
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| Τίτλος | Letters, Sentences, and Maxims Τόμος 7 του Knickerbocker nuggets Τόμος 8 του world's classics |
| Συγγραφέας | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield |
| Εκδότης | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | Πανεπιστήμιο Χάρβαρντ |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 29 Ιαν. 2009 |
| Μέγεθος | 327 σελίδες |
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