 | William Giles - 1836 - 172 Seiten
...convinced " that the foundation of content must spring up in the mind; and that he, who has so.little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 258 Seiten
...the trial, have been soon convinced that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the gifts which he proposes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 Seiten
...trial, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 Seiten
...trial, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes... | |
 | 1846 - 400 Seiten
...been truly observed by Johnson, " that the fountain, of content must spring up in the mind; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 Seiten
...trial, have been soon convinced' that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...carry a shallow stream. — FalUr't Wounded Conscience. The fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | 430 Seiten
...GRAVITY is the hallast of the soul, which keeps the mind steady. THE foundation of content must spring up in a man's own mind ; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness hy changing anything hut his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 Seiten
...or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud. The man who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 Seiten
...ashamed of publishing his necessities. Life of Dryden. Content. The foundation of content must spring up in a man's own mind ; and he who has so little...human nature as to seek happiness by changing any tiling but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which... | |
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He would, upon the trial, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and that he who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his... 
