 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pàgines
...a friend, loseth more; but he who loseth his spirits, loseth all. . IX. The most laudable ambition is to be wise; and the greatest wisdom is to be good. We> , may be as ambjticjus as we please, so we aspire to the best things. -.;.- *• x. If you be affronted,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pàgines
...crown a work of original genius. To know God, and to know ourselves, is the true end of all knowledge ; the highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. CONTENTS or THE FIRST VOLUME. Prayers, Thanksgivings, Ifc. selected from the Old and New Testament,... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pàgines
...awl ambitious men of the blasts of fortune. Great marks are soonest hit. The moit !:uulab!c ambition is to be wise; and the greatest wisdom is to be good. He that praises, bestows a favour ; but he that detracts, commits a robbery. Ill nature is a contradiction... | |
 | 1815 - 310 pàgines
...dropsy of the soul, Whose thirst we must not yield to, but controul. . • The most laudable ambition is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. We may be as ambitious as we please, so we aspire after the best things. Be ambitious to be holy ;... | |
 | John Mason - 1824 - 230 pàgines
...; for which they will find no science more immediately necessary (next to a good acquaintance with the word of God) than that which is recommended to...ourselves, and to know God. The highest learning is to 1 See Introduction to an Essay towards fixing the True Standard of Wit, &c. page 20, 1i. be wise ;... | |
 | 1829 - 140 pàgines
...persons. GULIELMUS. THE GLEANER. Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost.— John vi. 12. THE highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. Make all thy philosophy subservient to morality. To take more pains to rectify the temper, than replenish... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pàgines
...kingdom. MAXIMS, SENT BY A CORRESPONDENT. HE who overcomes his passions, conquers his greatest enemies. The highest learning is to be wise; and the greatest wisdom is to be good. It is of little use to read eternal truths, if we pray not to obtain the gift of understanding them... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pàgines
...40!;. He was famous for lus piety, und his professional labours. AMBITION. The most laudable ambition is to be wise ; and the greatest Wisdom is to be good. We may be as ambitious as we please, so we aspire to the best things. FRIDE. If a proud man makes me... | |
 | 1840 - 534 pàgines
...the name of Jenner was a passport on the Continent, and prisoners were released at his intercession. THE highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. — MARCUS ANTONINUS. ON THE IVORY STATUES OF THE ANCIENTS. THE fairness and beauty of ivory is such... | |
 | Benjamin Homans - 1833 - 414 pàgines
...at present, or its elements are reorganized. If the saying of a distinguished Roman is true, that " the highest learning is to be wise and the greatest wisdom is to be good," it follows that he who acquires learning at the expense of his morals, is the worse for his education.... | |
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The highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good;" as Marcus Antoninus somewhere observes. 
