Seneca's Morals: By Way of Abstract. To which is Added, a Discourse, Under the Title of An After-thought, Volum 1J. Cundee, 1803 |
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Side vi
... bestowed upon the public , and this too , even in the judgment of both parties , as well Christian as Heathen : of which in its due place . Next to my choice of the author , and of the subject , to- gether with the manner of handling it ...
... bestowed upon the public , and this too , even in the judgment of both parties , as well Christian as Heathen : of which in its due place . Next to my choice of the author , and of the subject , to- gether with the manner of handling it ...
Side viii
... bestowed upon the public , and this too , even in the judgment of both parties , as well Christian as Heathen : of which in its due place . Next to my choice of the author , and of the subject , to- gether with the manner of handling it ...
... bestowed upon the public , and this too , even in the judgment of both parties , as well Christian as Heathen : of which in its due place . Next to my choice of the author , and of the subject , to- gether with the manner of handling it ...
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... bestow ; and it is not to our friends , our acquaintances , or countrymen , nor to this , or that condition of men , that we are to restrain our bounties ; but , wheresoever there is a man there is a place , and occasion for a benefit ...
... bestow ; and it is not to our friends , our acquaintances , or countrymen , nor to this , or that condition of men , that we are to restrain our bounties ; but , wheresoever there is a man there is a place , and occasion for a benefit ...
Side 19
... bestowed a city upon one of his favourites , who modestly excusing himself , that it was too much for him to receive , 66 ' Well , but , " says Alexander , " it is not too much for me to give . " A haughty , certainly , and an impru ...
... bestowed a city upon one of his favourites , who modestly excusing himself , that it was too much for him to receive , 66 ' Well , but , " says Alexander , " it is not too much for me to give . " A haughty , certainly , and an impru ...
Side 26
... bestowing of benefits ; no insolence of behaviour , but a modesty of mind , and a di- ligent care to catch at occasions ... bestow , let it be done with a frank and chearful countenance : a man must not give with his hand , and deny with ...
... bestowing of benefits ; no insolence of behaviour , but a modesty of mind , and a di- ligent care to catch at occasions ... bestow , let it be done with a frank and chearful countenance : a man must not give with his hand , and deny with ...
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Side xviii - He that does good to another man, does good also to himself: not only in the consequence, but in the very act of doing it; for the conscience of well-doing is an ample reward.
Side 16 - The manner of saying or of doing anything goes a great way in the value of the thing itself. It was well said of him that called a good office that was done harshly and with an ill will, a stony piece of bread : it is necessary for him that is hungry to receive it, but it almost chokes a man in the going down.
Side 149 - We should every night call ourselves to an account. What infirmity have I mastered to-day ? What passion opposed ? What temptation resisted ? What virtue acquired ? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Side 100 - Tranquillity is a certain equality of mind, 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 we can go; and makes every man his own supporter; whereas he that is borne up by anything else may fall. He that judges aright, and perseveres in it, enjoys a perpetual calm; he takes a true prospect of things; he observes an order, measure, a decorum in all his actions; he has a benevolence in his nature;...
Side 280 - The day which we fear as our last, is but the birthday of our eternity ; and it is the only way to it. So that what we fear as a rock, proves to be but a port ; in many cases to be desired, never to be refused ; and he that dies young, has only made a quick voyage of it. Some are becalmed, others cut it away before...
Side 99 - The true felicity of life is to be free from perturbations; to understand our duties toward God and man ; to enjoy the present without any anxious dependence upon the future. Not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears; but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient; for he that is so, wants nothing.
Side 243 - Of all felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the bare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason, a man would not be without it.
Side 246 - It goes a great way toward making a man faithful, to let him understand that you think him so ; and he that does but so much as suspect that I will deceive him, gives me a kind of right to cozen him.
Side 146 - In the question of the immortality of the soul, it goes very far with me, a general consent to the opinion of a future reward and punishment, which meditation raises me to the contempt of this life, in hopes of a better. But still, though we know that we have a soul, yet what the soul is, how, and from whence, we are utterly ignorant. This only we understand, that all the good and ill we do is under the dominion of the mind, that a clear conscience states us in an inviolable peace, and that the greatest...
Side 102 - True joy is a serene and sober motion;" and they are miserably out, that take laughing for rejoicing. The seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolution of a brave mind, that has fortune under his feet.