A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... faults which I have remarked in that pious and excellent author ; and I am sen- sible , that , if I do not fall under a much heavier censure myself , it must be owing to the great candour of my reader , which he will be convin- ced I ...
... faults which I have remarked in that pious and excellent author ; and I am sen- sible , that , if I do not fall under a much heavier censure myself , it must be owing to the great candour of my reader , which he will be convin- ced I ...
Pàgina 45
... fault in a man to have but a small ability of mind , pro- vided he hath not the vanity to set up for a ge- nius ( which would be as ridiculous as for a man of small strength and stature of body , to set up for a champion ) , because ...
... fault in a man to have but a small ability of mind , pro- vided he hath not the vanity to set up for a ge- nius ( which would be as ridiculous as for a man of small strength and stature of body , to set up for a champion ) , because ...
Pàgina 46
John Mason. rect the fault of his natural temper , if he be well acquainted with it , and duly watchful over it . And , therefore , to betray a prevailing weakness of temper , or an ungoverned passion , diminishes a man's reputation much ...
John Mason. rect the fault of his natural temper , if he be well acquainted with it , and duly watchful over it . And , therefore , to betray a prevailing weakness of temper , or an ungoverned passion , diminishes a man's reputation much ...
Pàgina 51
... faults they are guilty of themselves , and , perhaps , in a much higher degree ; on which the apostle Paul animadverts , Rom . ii . 1 . It must be owned , it is an irksome and disa- greeable business , for a man to turn his own ac ...
... faults they are guilty of themselves , and , perhaps , in a much higher degree ; on which the apostle Paul animadverts , Rom . ii . 1 . It must be owned , it is an irksome and disa- greeable business , for a man to turn his own ac ...
Pàgina 63
... fault in him . For , as to the former , his way of thinking , talking , and acting , may possibly be juster than my own ; which the mere force of custom and habit only makes me prefer to his . However , be his ever so wrong , he may not ...
... fault in him . For , as to the former , his way of thinking , talking , and acting , may possibly be juster than my own ; which the mere force of custom and habit only makes me prefer to his . However , be his ever so wrong , he may not ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Pàgina 87 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Pàgina 30 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Pàgina 6 - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Pàgina 23 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father ; We are the clay, and thou our potter; And we all are the work of thy hand.
Pàgina 172 - DISTRUST, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. Death, in itself, is nothing ; but we fear, To be we know not what, we know not where.
Pàgina 144 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Pàgina 100 - Anger may steal into the heart " of a wise man, but it rests only in the bosom "of fools.
Pàgina 112 - I shall conclude with this one observation more; that it is a very dangerous thing to think, as too many are apt to do, that it is a matter of indifference what thoughts they entertain in their hearts, since the reason of things concurs with the testimony of the holy Scripture to assure us, ' That the allowed thought of foolishness is sin.
Pàgina xii - The highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good;" as Marcus Antoninus somewhere observes.