Their bodies they devote to their country as though they belonged to other men ; their true self is their mind, which is most truly their own when employed in her service. Life of John Mitchel - Página 311por William Dillon - 1888Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thucydides - 1883 - 732 páginas
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not cany out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
| Evelyn Abbott - 1892 - 488 páginas
...instalment of what is to come ; but if they fail, they at once conceive new hopes and so fill up the void. With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose...toil, which they are always imposing upon themselves. None enjoy their good things less because they are always seeking for more. To do their duty is their... | |
| Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 494 páginas
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not carry out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
| Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 484 páginas
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not carry out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
| James Richard Joy - 1892 - 448 páginas
...always at home. For they hope to gain something by the venture ; you fear to risk what you have already. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose no time in the execution of an idea. To do their duty is their only holiday, and inaction is more irksome... | |
| Samuel Henry Butcher - 1893 - 348 páginas
...freedom. He would restore the old ideal of Athenian character which we read of in Thucydides : 3 " Their bodies they devote to their country, as though...most truly their own when employed in her service." 1 Dem. Phil. i. 7, iav v/jiuv atiruiv e'0eXijffijre yeviffffai. So Olynth. ii. 30. - Arist. Pol. v.... | |
| Henry Osborn Taylor - 1896 - 484 páginas
...in the law-courts and political assemblies, in the gymnasia, and later in the schools of philosophy. bodies they devote to their country as though they...most truly their own when employed in her service. " ' Love of the state is the most enlightened love of self. " I would have you day by day fix your... | |
| Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1896 - 298 páginas
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though they belonged to other men ; f their true self is their mind, which is most truly their own when employed in her service. yWhen... | |
| James Richard Joy - 1900 - 326 páginas
...always at home. For they hope to gain something by the venture ; you fear to risk what you have already. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose no time in the execution of an idea. To do their duty is their only holiday, and inaction is more irksome... | |
| Edward Capps - 1901 - 532 páginas
...instalment of what is to comej but if they fail, they at once conceive new hopes, and so fill up the void. With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose...toil, which they are always imposing upon themselves. None enjoy their good things less, because they are always seeking for more. To do their duty is their... | |
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