Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed sentences, remarks and apophthegms of the greatest geniuses of ancient and modern times. To which are added, Thoughts, from the diary of a young man. By A. SteinmetzAndrew Steinmetz 1838 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 38
Página 4
... All valour , not conducted by her precepts , Is a destroying fury sent from hell , To plague unhappy man , and ruin nations . Thomson . 10 . And therefore wer't thou bred to virtuous knowledge 4 GEMS OF GENIUS ; OR ,
... All valour , not conducted by her precepts , Is a destroying fury sent from hell , To plague unhappy man , and ruin nations . Thomson . 10 . And therefore wer't thou bred to virtuous knowledge 4 GEMS OF GENIUS ; OR ,
Página 5
Andrew Steinmetz. 10 . And therefore wer't thou bred to virtuous knowledge , And wisdom early planted in thy soul , That thou migh'st know to rule thy fiery passions : To bind their rage , and stay their headlong course ; To bear with ...
Andrew Steinmetz. 10 . And therefore wer't thou bred to virtuous knowledge , And wisdom early planted in thy soul , That thou migh'st know to rule thy fiery passions : To bind their rage , and stay their headlong course ; To bear with ...
Página 15
Andrew Steinmetz. creatures , each armed with a sting as well as with knowledge , and arrangements which one can hardly sufficiently admire . If this theory be correct , it will account at once for our unfortunate system of education in ...
Andrew Steinmetz. creatures , each armed with a sting as well as with knowledge , and arrangements which one can hardly sufficiently admire . If this theory be correct , it will account at once for our unfortunate system of education in ...
Página 16
... knowledge suited to their youthful age , they are made to learn the names of Acteon's hounds - to study the life of Alexander's horse - to know the fate of Alcibiades ' dog ; in short , it is too well known , that Dr. Lem- priere made ...
... knowledge suited to their youthful age , they are made to learn the names of Acteon's hounds - to study the life of Alexander's horse - to know the fate of Alcibiades ' dog ; in short , it is too well known , that Dr. Lem- priere made ...
Página 17
... knowledge of military life is that childish picture of it which might fairly be entitled " war without gunpowder . " But even the little which on these subjects he does learn , is so mixed up with fable , that his mind gets puzzled ...
... knowledge of military life is that childish picture of it which might fairly be entitled " war without gunpowder . " But even the little which on these subjects he does learn , is so mixed up with fable , that his mind gets puzzled ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Gems of Genius; Or, Words of the Wise: A Collection of the Most Pointed ... Andrew Steinmetz Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
actions Aenead affections ambition Aristippus Atheists aversa beauty become better bless blood body Cæsar character Chesterfield Cicero death Demosthenes Desdemona desire despise earth eloquence Epaminondas esteem evil eyes fame fancy faults favour fear feel flatter folly fool fortune French revolution friends genius Gil Blas give glory greatest Greece happiness hath heart Heaven honour hope human knowledge labours laws liberty look mankind manners Megara Menecrates ment merit mind modesty moral nation nature never o'er object opinion orator ourselves Ovid pains passions PENNY MAGAZINE perfect perhaps person Philip of Macedon philosopher phrenology pleasure Plutarch political praise pride Prince principles racter reason religion ridiculous seldom sense society soul speak spirit superior talents Talleyrand tempest tence thee them.-Ib things thou thought tion true truth vanity vice virtue Vitellius vulgar wisdom wise woman women words
Pasajes populares
Página 104 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 47 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 75 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 72 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Página 45 - So may the outward shows be least themselves ; The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil...
Página 47 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Página 104 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 286 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 260 - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Página 13 - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.