 There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 2251835Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 402 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Nor does discretion only make a man the master of his own... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Nor does discretion only make a man the master of his own... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 294 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...looks like weakness; the best parts only qualify a iinm to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Nor does discretion only make... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest ; which sets them at work in their proper times and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Discretion does not only make a man the master of his own... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Nor does discretion only make a man the master of his own... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 488 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion : it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest; which sets them at work in their proper times and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. " Discretion is a very different thing from cunning; cunning... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 pages
...none- fo ufeful as difcretion. It is this, indeed,, which gives a value to all the reft ; which fets them at work in their proper times' and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is pofielTed of them. Without if,. learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...but there is none so useful as discretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest; which sets them at work in their proper times and...is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looto like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be Discretion does not only show itself... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...discretion. It is this, indeed, -which gives a value to all the rest ; which sets them at work iu Hheir proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Discretion does not only make a man the 'master of his own... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 pages
...none fo ufeful as difcretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the reft ; which fets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffefled of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf... | |
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