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... gives them.—Bovee. Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. He has not the trouble of earning to own them: they solicit him to enter and possess.—Emerson. The tear that ...
... gives them.—Bovee. Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. He has not the trouble of earning to own them: they solicit him to enter and possess.—Emerson. The tear that ...
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... give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw out into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.—Addison. How blunt are all the arrows of adversity in comparison ...
... give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw out into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.—Addison. How blunt are all the arrows of adversity in comparison ...
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... give advice to the afflicted.— Aeschylus. The worst men often give the best advice; our thoughts are better sometimes than our deeds.—Bailey. We ask advice; we mean approbation.—Cotton. Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the ...
... give advice to the afflicted.— Aeschylus. The worst men often give the best advice; our thoughts are better sometimes than our deeds.—Bailey. We ask advice; we mean approbation.—Cotton. Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the ...
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... gives repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested seal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.— Rochefoucauld. No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give ...
... gives repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested seal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.— Rochefoucauld. No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give ...
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... Give me no anecdotes of an author, but give me his works”; and yet I have often found that the anecdotes are more interesting than the works.—Disraeli. Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate ...
... Give me no anecdotes of an author, but give me his works”; and yet I have often found that the anecdotes are more interesting than the works.—Disraeli. Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate ...
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