 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
 | 1832 - 440 pages
...there are none so useful as discretion ; it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, set': them at work in their proper times and places, and...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. It was once said by Sir Thomas Overbury, that the man who... | |
 | 1832 - 548 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...possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, ami wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness; the best parts only qualify a man to be more... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 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 places ; and turns them to the advantage of Ihe person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 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 errours, and active to his own prejudice. talents of those with whom he converses, and knows how to... | |
 | 1832 - 858 pages
...but there are none so useful as discretion; it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all tho rest, sets them at work in their proper times and places,...best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, nnd active to his own prejudice. It was once said by Sir Thomas Overbury, that the man who... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pages
...of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; nay, virtue itself looks like weakness. Discretion not only •hows itself in words, but in all the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pages
...of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; nay, virtue itself looks like weakness. Discretion not only shows itself in words, but in all the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...but there is noue so useful as discretion : it is this, indeed, that gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and...and turns them to the advantage of the person who possesses them. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence ; and virtue itself looks like... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...so useful as discretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest ; which sets then: at work in their proper times and places ; and turns...learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itseli'looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...man, but there is none so useful as discretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, his enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem,...introduce. n>>i>. that is not big with absurdity, and ft, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself look's like weakness; the best parts... | |
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