 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 Seiten
...neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves, than to have others so. XI. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. XII. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 Seiten
...how great a task he undertakes : for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own be has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other...words , that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for granted there would be as much... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 Seiten
...skilful hinds ; in unskilful, the most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own he ha.sb;en in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day lhan he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal «f gratitude in a poor man, I take it for... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 Seiten
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful bands ; Lu unskil(pljTOcrst mischievous. D 2 ,A man should never be ashamed to own he has been...the wrong ; which is but saying in other words, that lie is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 Seiten
...what he is not: if we have none, it best hides eur want of it. For as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 Seiten
...proves it to others: if we have none, it best hides our want of it. For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...to day than he was yesterday. Our passions are like convulsive fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us weaker ever after. To be... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 Seiten
...powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful hands j in unskilful, the most mischievous. 7. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 8. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor Kian, I take it... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 Seiten
...that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for want of readier change. 2. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...wrong; which is but saying, in other words, that he is loiser to-day than he was yesterday. 3. To be angry is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves.... | |
 | 1818 - 582 Seiten
...gold, will be every day at a loes for want •f readier change. 2. A man should never be ashamed to ami he has been in the wrong : which is but saying, in other words, that he a wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 3. To be angry is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves.... | |
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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. 
