Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 71
... CHARACTER . strict scrutiny which I have made into you , I have ( thank God ) hitherto not discovered any vice of the heart , or any peculiar weakness of the head : but I have discovered laziness , inat- Sentences , and Maxims 71.
... CHARACTER . strict scrutiny which I have made into you , I have ( thank God ) hitherto not discovered any vice of the heart , or any peculiar weakness of the head : but I have discovered laziness , inat- Sentences , and Maxims 71.
Σελίδα 77
... it not . [ Same date . ] THE MAN OF PLEASURE . - The character which most young men first aim at is that of a man of pleasure ; but they generally take it upon trust ; and , instead of consulting their own Sentences , and Maxims 77.
... it not . [ Same date . ] THE MAN OF PLEASURE . - The character which most young men first aim at is that of a man of pleasure ; but they generally take it upon trust ; and , instead of consulting their own Sentences , and Maxims 77.
Σελίδα 79
... character which I affected ; but this folly I soon laid aside upon finding both the guilt and the indecency of it . Thus seduced by fashion , and blindly adopt- ing nominal pleasures , I lost real ones ; and my fortune impaired , and my ...
... character which I affected ; but this folly I soon laid aside upon finding both the guilt and the indecency of it . Thus seduced by fashion , and blindly adopt- ing nominal pleasures , I lost real ones ; and my fortune impaired , and my ...
Σελίδα 85
... character , I may indeed injure him for some time ; but I shall be sure to be the great- est sufferer myself at last ; for as soon as ever I am detected ( and detected I most certainly shall be ) , I am blasted for the infamous at ...
... character , I may indeed injure him for some time ; but I shall be sure to be the great- est sufferer myself at last ; for as soon as ever I am detected ( and detected I most certainly shall be ) , I am blasted for the infamous at ...
Σελίδα 86
... observe that the greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge of every man's truth by his degree of understand- ing . [ Sept. 21 , 1747. ] PERCEPTION OF CHARACTER . - Search , there- fore , 86 Chesterfield's Letters ,
... observe that the greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge of every man's truth by his degree of understand- ing . [ Sept. 21 , 1747. ] PERCEPTION OF CHARACTER . - Search , there- fore , 86 Chesterfield's Letters ,
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