The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-06-07
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| The longer the saw Of contention is
drawn, the hotter it grows.
A heroic soul is acornful Of being
scorncd.
Fair dealing is the sand and cement Of
society.
The universe is the visible garment Of
tho Invisible.
WHIST We call birthday is the funeral
of the past year.
To cenqucr fear, is always do what you
ale afraid to do.
Honest loss is preferable to shameless
gain.
The traces of tears are defined as tho
harness Of life.
knowledge is modest, cautious and
pure; Ignorance boastful, cenceited, and
sure.
Go to bed with the lamb and rise With
the lark.
The aim Of disputation and discussion
should not be victory but improvement.
! When our feelings contradict theories.
the feelings are true, and theories false.
No human heart is ever vacant.s-Tt has
an inhabitant either an angel or devil.
Lot girl stray in the field aftor roses.
and they will reddcn her cheeks.
The rcproaches Of friend should be
strictly just, and not too frequent,
When man has nothing left to love,
he falls in love with his very sorrow over
the departed.
True joy is q serene and sober emotion,
and they are miscrably out who take
laughing for rejoicing.
When We know that man has deceived
US we appear more ridiculous to ourselves
than to him.
Whatever pride men may take in tho
appellation they acquire during life, their
dearest name dies before them.
Passion is keen observer, but Q
wretcbed reasoner. It is like the telescope
whose field is clearer the moro contracted
tits. m ~
There is much truth in the saying Of
Dean Swift, that" It is useless for US
to attempt to reason man out Of thing
he has never been reasoned into"
The true lover, If he SO far forgets him.
self as to indulge joy when alone, will
fall as if he wero guilty Of robbing bis
partner.
One New haven editor calls another a
moral hyena, whose foul and fostering
tongue drips with gall and aquafortis."
They've had an election lately.
Man regards as an eternity-frst the
present hour-then his youth-,hen his
Efe-then bis ccntury-then the duration
Of the earth-then that Of hsaven-and
6nally-time.
To know the pains Of power, wo must
80 to those who have it; to hear about
its pleasures, we must go to those who arc
seeking it; its pains are real, its pleasures
imaginary.
To indulge anger is to admit Satan as
guest; but to indulge malice is to close
the door upon him as an inmate; in the
one he finds a transient lodger in the
other permanent home.
/ II you want to render your husband
unhappy. blame him for everything ho
does, right or wrong, and scold him for
doing this or that before you know
whether he docs It.
A good man, who has seen much Of tho
world and is not tired of it, says: The
grand essentials to happiness in this life
are something to love and something to
hope for"
. We often speak Of being settled in life
we might as we'll think of casting an
chor in the midst Of the Atlantic ocean,
! or talk Of tho permanent situation Of
stone that Is rolling down hill. 10
Mankind too frequently wed opinions,
and having taken them I" for better or
worse" conceive it point Of homer to
maintain them ever after, though Reason
and Truth sue for q divorce.
Lord Norbury, having been asked to
contribute shilling to bury an attorney
who had died poor, exclaimed. "Only
shilling to bury an attorney! Here's q
guinsa; 60 and bury twenty -one Of
them y s'f s4'
How truly-an old man said, q when
l was young was poor; when old, | be.
came rich but in oacll condition found
disappointment When tho faculties Of
enjoyment were, had nov the means;
when the means came, The faculties were
gone.
ln Our efforts to reclaim and save men
great wisdom IL ntedIul to ndapt the