 Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. There are forty men of wit for one man of sense ; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for want of readier change.  The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... - Page 145by Jonathan Swift - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 356 pages
...fenfe and exalted fenfe are not half fo ufeful as common fenfe : there are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe; and he, that will carry nothing about him...be every day at a lofs for want of readier change. V. Learning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent things in the world in fkilful... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 398 pages
...fenfe and exalted fenfe are not half fo ufeful as common fenfe : there are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe; and he, that will carry nothing about him...be every day at a lofs for want of readier change. V. Learning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent things in the world in fkilful... | |
 | Index - 1754 - 180 pages
...Senfe are not half fo ufeful as Common Senie. There are forty Men of Wit, for • one Man of Senfe: And he that will carry nothing about him but Gold, will be every Day at a Lofs foe v.mt of readier Change. The, The beft Jewellers nfe the leaft Silver; and he that •will fet his... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 352 pages
...fenfe and exalted fenfe are not half fo ufeful as common fenfe : there are forty men of wit to one man of fenfe ; and he, that will carry nothing about him...be every day at a lofs for want of readier change. V. Learning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent things in the world in fkilful... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 348 pages
...fenfe and exalted fenfe are not half fb ufeful as common fenfe : There are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe ; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loil for want of readier change. V, Learning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent... | |
 | Gorges Edmond Howard - 1782 - 376 pages
...ignorance. It is no iliame to learn, fo long as we are igno.rant ; that is to fay, fo long as we live. Learning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent things in the world in fkilful hands ; but in unfkilful, the molt mifchievous. He that has learning, and not difcretion to... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...and exalted fenfe are not half fo valuable as common fenfe. There are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe ; and he that will carry nothing about him...but gold, will be every day at a lofs for want of ready change. LEARNING is like mercury, one of the moft ppwerful and excellent things in the world... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...fcnfe, arc not half le valuable as curumgn fcnle. There arc forty men of wit for one man of fcnfe ; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a lofs for want of ready change. I. e ¡ri i ig is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent thines in the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 440 pages
...fenfe and exalted fenfe are not half fo ufeful as common fenfe. There are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe ; and he that will carry nothing about him...be every day at a lofs for want of readier change. DD 4 LearnLearning is like mercury, one of the moft powerful and excellent things in the world in Ikilful... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...and exalted fenfe, are not half fo valuable as common fenfe. There are forty men of wit for one man of fenfe ; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a lofs fgr want of ready change. Learning is like mercury, one of the molt powerful and excellent things in... | |
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