 The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach ; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it. Tranquillity is a certain equality of mind, which no condition...  Seneca's Morals - Side 42av Sir Roger Lestrange, Knt. - 1855Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, sir Roger L'Estrange - 1780 - 452 sider
...fo, wants nothing. The great Bleffings of Mankind are within us, and within our Reach ; but we (hut our Eyes, and like People in the Dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we fearch for, without finding it. Tranquillity is a certain Equality of Mind, which no Condition of Fortune... | |
 | Susanna Centlivre - 1761 - 398 sider
...—Be not taken with the glittering Dreams ct Riches. their PofTeffion brings Trouble : Tranquil,ty is a certain Equality of Mind, which no Condition of Fortune can either exalt or depreis. 1f his Fortune be good, he tempers it; if bad, he mailers it. Val. The Devil was in me, that... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1803 - 372 sider
...we have, which is abundantly sufficient ; for he that is so, wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach, but we...which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress. Nothing can make it less, for it is the state of human perfection; it raises us as high as... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (le Jeune.) - 1807 - 410 sider
...we have, which is abundantly sufficient ; for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us,, and within our reach ; but...which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress. Nothing can make it less, for it is the state of human perfection: It raises us as high as... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1818 - 516 sider
...what we have, which is abundantly sufficient; for he that is so, wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach, but we...the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search forj without finding it. Tranquillity is a certain equality of mind, which no condition of fortune... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1819 - 252 sider
...our reach ; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in tbe dark, we fall foul uj>on the very thing \ve search for without finding it. "Tranquillity is a...which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress." Nothing can make it less : for it is the state of human perfection: it raises us as high... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 sider
...and man : to enjoy the present without any anxious dependence upon the future. The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach; but we...upon the very thing we search for without finding it. 8 " Tranquillity is a certain equality of mind, which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress."... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 sider
...and man : to enjoy the present without any anxious dependence upon the future. The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach; but we...upon the very thing we search for without finding it. 8 " Tranquillity is a certain equality of mind, which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress."... | |
 | 1856 - 570 sider
...his power to every person only respecting himself. ^apptneSS, — Seneca. 'J'HE great Blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach, but we...the very thing we search for, without finding it. (CONTENTMENT produces, in some measure, all those effects which the Alchemist usually ascribes to what... | |
 | 1860 - 452 sider
...tor he thnt is to wants nothing. The great blessings of mankiad are within us und within our rearh, but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we lull foul of every thing we search for without finding it. Tranquility Ы an equality of mind which... | |
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