| Lucius Annaeus Seneca, sir Roger L'Estrange - 1780 - 452 trang
...Benefit, but the not beftowing of it ; and to negleiS a Duty to myfelf, for fear another mould abufe it. It is another's Fault, if he be ungrateful, but it...not give. To find one thankful Man, I will oblige a great many that are not fo. The Bufinefs of Mankind would be at a ftand, if we fliould do nothing... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1809 - 452 trang
...meant to excite the feelings of gratitude, but this will meet with its termination in disappointment. That charity alone endures, which flows from a sense of duty, and a hope in God : This is the charity that treads in secret those paths of misery, from which all but the lowest of... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1809 - 456 trang
...meant to excite the feelings of gratitude, but this will meet with itg termination in disappointment. That charity alone endures, which flows from a sense of duty, and a hope in God:. This is the charity that ( treads in secret those paths of misery, from which all but the lowest of... | |
| Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1818 - 516 trang
...benefit, but not the bestdwing of it; and to neglect a duty to myself for fear another should abuse it. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it...not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. The business of mankind would be at a stand, if we should do nothing... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 trang
...require good management, to make it serve the purposes of sense er happmess.—Shanstone. ccccLxxm. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it...do not give. To find one thankful man I will oblige a great many that are not so.—Seneea. CCCCLXXIV. Style is the dress of thought; and let them be ever... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 trang
...require good management, to make it serve the purposes of sense or happiness. — Shenstone. CCCCLXXIII. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it...do not give. To find one thankful man I will oblige a great many that are not so. — Seneca. CCCCLXXIV. Style is the dress of thought; and let them be... | |
| Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Sir Roger L'Estrange - 1834 - 376 trang
...bestowing of it, and to neglect a duty to myself for fear another should abuse it. It is araother's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. The business of mankind would be at a stand, if we should do nothing... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1846 - 376 trang
...meant to excite the feelings of gratitude, but this will meet with its termination in disappointment. That charity alone endures, which flows from a sense of duty, and a hope in God. This is the charity that treads in secret those paths of misery, from which all but the lowest of human... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 trang
...never forget it : he who does one, should never remember it. — Charron. BENEVOLENCE AND GRATITUDE.— It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it...do not give. To find one thankful man I will oblige a great many that are not so. — Seneca. BENEVOLENCE, EARLY. — I had rather never receive a kindness,... | |
| Sir Roger Lestrange, Knt. - 1855 - 668 trang
...benefit but the not bestowing of it, and to neglect a duty to myself for fear another should abuse it. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it...not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. The business of mankind would be at a stand, if we should do nothing... | |
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