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
Economy, Easy chair of age, 506
Effect of not practicing, 507
Exercise of, no disgrace, 508
In abundance, prepare for scarcity, 509
Lay up for rainy day, 510
Like savings bank, 511
Practice in prosperity, 512
Save for age and want, 513
When too late, 514
When to spend, when to spare, 515
Education, Every man must find his own, 516
A boy was compelled, 516a
Efforts, All difficult, nearly, before easy, 517
Eloquence, In tone, eye, etc., as in words, 518
Emotion, External signs of, 519
Employment, A guard against the evil one, 520
To be employed, is to be, 521
Enemy, Do good to, as a friend, 522
Ever too near, 523
Englishmen, Cold to strangers,--Dr. Johnson, 524
Envy, Born without, mark of what, 525
There would be little, if, etc., 526
Equals, Where all should be, 527
Equivocation, First cousin to lie, 528
Error, Correct immediately, 529
Beware of, 530
Who makes not, makes no good hits, 531
Etiquette, Good taste rejects, excessive nicety, 532
Events, Preceded by certain signs, 533
Evil, Avoid suggestion of, 534
Man endowed with power to conquer, 535
Eye, Opens and closes, revealing, etc., 536
Sees not itself, etc., 537
Silent speech of, 538
Eyes, More accurate than ears, 539
Of old, like memories of old, how? 540
Those of other people, effect, 541
Windows of the soul, 542
Exaggeration, Weakens statements, 543
Who is prone to, 544
Example, Given, must be tolerated, 545
Examples, Noble, excite to noble deeds, 546
Excuse, Accuses maker of, 547
Exercise, Dispenses with physic, 548
Experience, Can teach even a fool, 549
Lip-wisdom, which, 550
Extravagance, Keeps pace with prosperity, 551
Face, Effect of clouded, 552
Pictures thoughts, etc., 553
Sometimes a letter of credit, 554
Fail, The surest way not to, 555
Faith, Beautiful instance of, 556
Bridge from earth to heaven, 557
Compliment to be trusted, 558
Effect of want of, in no one, 559
Trust not that, once broken, 560
Faithfulness, Encouraged by trustfulness, 561
Falsehood, Reward thereof, 562
Telling of, like what, 563
Familiarity, Mistake to indulge in, 564
Family, Little world in itself, 565
Man happiest with his, 566
Reunion of, 567
Farewell, A sound that makes us linger, 568
How to say it, 569
Farmer, He alone has a home, 570
Must not sit in the shade, etc., 571
Father, Beautiful picture of, 572
Love of, reward, 573
One known without being seen, 574
Fault, Confession makes half amends, 575
Not to repent of a, 576
Faultless, Ne'er was, is, nor will be, 577
Faults, A man's and his neighbor's, 578
Better find one's own, than, etc., 579
Of great men, forgotten, 580
Of others, when we may blame, 581
The greatest of, 582
Wink at wee, 583
Favor, How to ask one, 584
Pleasure in conferring, 585
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