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Page 53 - Two are done quickly with life, the fool, and the dissolute. The one because he does not know how to keep it, and the other because he does not care. As virtue is its own reward ; so is vice its own punishment: for he who lives too fast is quickly through, and in a double sense: while he who rests in virtue, never dies. For the life of the spirit becomes the life of the body, and the life lived well gathers unto itself not only fullness of days, but even length.
Page 152 - ... into words. As for the social teaching, you will find it very subtly expressed even in the modern English novels of George Meredith, who, by the way, has written a poem in praise of sarcasm and ridicule. But let us now see what the Spanish author has to tell us about friendship and unselfishness. The shrewd man knows that others when they seek him do not seek "him," but "their advantage in him and by him.
Page xxxiv - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 191 - Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page lii - The Art of Prudence: or A Companion for a Man of Sense...
Page 9 - THE THING ITSELF AND THE WAY IT Is DONE "Substance" is not enough: "accident" is also required, as the scholastics say. A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. The how plays a large part in affairs, a good manner steals into the affections. Fine behaviour is a joy in life, and a pleasant expression helps out of a difficulty in a remarkable way.