 | emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1792 - 392 Seiten
...houfe, to the theatres, the publick walks, &c. like ants on a mole-hill, &c. SEN. de Tranquil!, cn Similar to this is another miftake, which you muft...hardly find any man unhappy from being ignorant of what pafies in the thoughts of other people; but he that does not attend to the regulation of his own thoughts,... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 Seiten
...connected with our lot. You see how few things are necessary to a happy and almost godlike state of life. You will hardly find any man unhappy from being ignorant of what passes in the thoughts of other people ; but he that does not attend to the regulaton of his own thoughts,... | |
 | 1849 - 214 Seiten
...connected with our lot. You see how few things are necessary to a happy and almost godlike state of life. You will hardly find any man unhappy from being ignorant of what passes in the thoughts of other people'; but he that does not attend to the regulaton of his own thoughts,... | |
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Similar to this is another miftake, which you muft guard againft. You fee people bufy in trifles, and fatiguing themfelves with a variety of affairs, yet, like thofe who fhoot at random, without any certain end or mark to which their thoughts or actions... 