 | Edward FitzGerald - 1905 - 186 Seiten
...soft cheese on a hook, nor drive a nail of wax." CONTENT 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... | |
 | 1859 - 754 Seiten
...also.— Cyrus Prindfe.] THE FOUNTAIN or CONTENT — 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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...chooses ia better than what I choose. — Epictei ts. The fountain of content must spring tip in the ows, and of lending existence to uothing. — Burke. anything but hie own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 Seiten
...of them, the very possession of the enjoyment palls. The fountain of content must spring up in the e food. — Milton. A woman ha» two smile» that mi angel nii'.-.hi bapSinesK by changing anything but his own isposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and... | |
 | Henry Hardin Cherry - 1926 - 230 Seiten
...larger intelligence and integrity. "The fountain of contentment," wrote Johnson, "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 which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1968 - 400 Seiten
...tryal, 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... | |
 | James Boyd White - 1985 - 400 Seiten
...tryal, 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... | |
 | Peter Loptson - 1998 - 588 Seiten
...tryal, 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... | |
 | 2003 - 136 Seiten
...it. -George Bernard SI.KIW 220) The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath 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 grief he... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 Seiten
...world to be happy out of. ~ Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 ~ 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 away in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief... | |
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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... 
