Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical orderRichardson, John Purver
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Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical order
Richardson, John Purver
Quotations
Conceit, Folly to advise conceited people, 345
Not wise, 346
People conceited need no sympathy, 347
Puffs up, but does not prop, 348
Self, effect of imagination, 349
Conduct, How to discuss, how to decide, 350
Never waver between right and wrong, 351
Confidence, Gives pleasure, etc., 352
No one too sure to miss, 353
Over, indulge not in, 354
Plant of slow growth, 355
Who knows his road, he has, 356
Whom to put it in, 357
Conscience, Good, sold but not bought, 358
Good, worth its cost, 359
A clear, is a good, 360
Quiet makes serene, 361
The chamber of justice, 362
Voice of God, 363
Voice of God in the heart, 364
Consistency, Thou art a, 365
Constancy, None in earthly things, 366
Contention, Yield, rather than dispute, 367
Where two discourse, 368
Contentment, A reason given for, 369
Be not with what you are, 370
Comes from liking what one has, 371
Comes from nature, not the world, 372
Happy he who has, 373
Having bread, hunt no cakes, 374
Less with much, than with little, 375
Little, make it not less, 376
Makes palace of a cottage, 377
Murmur not, 378
One rule for, 379
Rich beg for, poor can give, 380
Rich, poor without, 381
Secret of perfect, 382
What brings, 383
When a happy purchase, 384
Who should be content with anything, 385
Wise, grieve not for, etc., 386
Worth of, known when lost, 387
Conversation, Avoid what in, 388
How to please others in, 389
Its best ingredients, 390
Music of the mind, 391
Never argue in, 392
Never over-bear in, 393
One of the best rules, 394
Say much in few words, 395
To say nothing charmingly, etc., 396
Who usually spend longest time in, 397
With thee conversing, 398
Conversion, Better to turn than to stray, 399
Converses, He who, with no one, 400
Corrupts, As rust, iron, so envy, 401
Corporations, No souls have, etc., 402
Corruption, A tree dropping infections, 403
Cottage, When better than a palace, 404
Counsel, Good, never too late, 405
When easy to give, 406
Who not helped by, 407
Counsellors, In many, safety, 408
Countenance, Cheerful, crowns a welcome, 409
Often more impressive than the tongue, 410
Pleasing, an advantage, 411
Smiling, indicates what? 412
Country, Character of, effect on man, 413
Life in, pleasure of, 414
Love of life, inborn in man, 415
Love of, 416
Which best governed, 417
Who loves not, loves nothing, 418
Courage, Want of, loss by, 419
Courtesy, Always a time for, 420
Background of one's portrait, 421
One-sided, dies soon, 422
Courtship, Men dream in, 423
Their, was carried on in, 424
What is, 425
Covetousness, Keeps the eyes on the ground, 426
Coward, Threatens when, 427
Cradle, The hand that rocks the, 428
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