The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-10-06
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

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When the wind serves all aid.
lie who avoids the temptation,
avoids the sin.
He who wants content doesn't
find an easy chair
You may find yori best or your
worst enemy in yourself.
Civility costs nothing-nay, is
something to thy credit.
A true religious instinct, never de-
prived man of single joy.
Let your promises be sincere and
within the compass of your ability.
Doing good is the only certain
action Of a mans Sidney,
He that losos his conscience has
nothing left that is worth keeping.
You cannot escape from anxiety
and labor; it is the destiny of hui
manity.
Happiness is like the statue Of
Isis, whose veil no mortal ever rails
ed.--Ldna0n. 81
1t is very dangerous forSany man
to find spot that is sweeter to him
than his home.
The poorest education that teach
es self.control is better than the
best that neglects it.
Pride is increased by ignorance ;
those who assume the most are us
ually those who know the least.
Difference is the most delicate,
the most indirect, and the NEST ele-
CANT of all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
In maliciousiy pointing out the
faults of another person, you may
incite him to discovery of your
own.
A wise man will desire no more
than he may get justly, use soberly,
distribute cheerfully, and leave con-
tentedly.
Do not allow idleness to deceive
you, for while you give him to-day,
he steals Tomorrow from YOU
Ct0,0qaW.
The man who lives in vain, lives
worse than in vain. He who lives
to no purpose, lives to bad pur-
posc.-Ncei':S.
The ingratitude of man makes a
deeper impression upon the intolli-
gent mind, than all the Vaccinations
of the outlaw.-Speace.
Never chase lie. Let it alone,
and it will run itself to death. /
can work out a good character much
faster than any one can lie me out
of it.
When you sec a man with a good
deal of religion displayed in his shop /
window, you may depend upon it he ,
keeps a very small stock within. !
However many friends you have,
do not neglect yourself; though you
have a thousand, not one of them
loves you so much as you ought to
love yourself. :
known unto God are all future
events and contingencies. | have
thrown myself blindfold, and, | trust, {
without reserve, into His almighty
hands Hhitefeld. |
Preserve your conscience always 8
soft and sensitive. If bat one sin ,
force its way into that tender part
of the soul and dwell there, the road
is paved for thousand iniquities. /;
OF all the duties, the love of truth @
with faith and constancy in it, ranks T
first and highest. Truth is God 9
To love God and to love the truth Fl
are one and the same thing. y
BE not diverted from your duty
by any idle reflection the silly world
may make upon you. for their cen 81
sures are not in your power, and o.
consequently should not be any part N
of your concern.-EpictetitS. al
The phrase "put head on him" = =
is said to owe its origin to Shake
speare, who, in Titus Andronicus,
calls upon the people to help to put L
a head on headless Rome ~ d
A cynical man says the reason g
women are SO fond of writing letters : !,
is that they rejoice in the opportuni- n
ty of saying all they wish without
the possibility of an interruption.
The Boston Traveller saws the {
cemeteries around Boston are now >
most attractive for temporary visi- n
tors. Temporary" is good. ~