The Youths Guide to Wisdom Containing a Choice Selection of Maxims Morals Fo
The Youths Guide to Wisdom Containing a Choice Selection of Maxims Morals Fo
James M Sommerville
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Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich. Man. Away from fools I'll turn my eyes, Nor with the scoffers go ; I would be walking with the wise, That wiser I may grow. 27 Evil. Company. Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you what you are. Avoid the company of the wicked, but when you meet with a virtuous man draw his picture. 58 Passion. Children, you should never let, Such angry passions rise; Y...our little hands were never made To tear each others eyes. Passion. When either side grows M'arm in argument the wisest man gives over S^L Nothing is so inconsis- tent with self-possession as anger. It overpowers reason confounds our ideas, distorts the appearance, and blackens the colour of everv obiect. 30 Ear (i/ Rising. Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, weal thy, and TV1SC. 31 Kiting. The less a man sleeps, the more he lives. This maxim cannot be too forcibly impressed on the minds of youth ; as diligence and a proper ap- plication of time is one of their most imperious duties.
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