Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-28
Wise Sayings.


Wise Sayings.
Use time as though you knew the
value.
Value good conscience more than
praise.
The similitude of fools is protection
to the wise.-St. Augustine
Fiction is potent agent for good
in the hands of the good.-Madam
Necker. .....l .-
1 take it as rule of life not to be too
much addicted to any one thing. Ter
renee.
The obscurlty OF writer is generally
in proportion TO his capacity.-QuintH-
tidn. --
Foster the beautiful, and every hour
thou callest new flowers to BIRTH
Schiller. ,-
To be a great man it is necessary to
turn to account all opportunities
ROchefoUcdld
When impious men bear sway, the
post of honor is the private station
Shakespeare.
Man is the merriest species OF crea-
ton; all above or below htm are serious.
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale,
ve1ing the dull ear of drowsy man.
Shakespeare
A single bnrst of mirth is worth a
whole season full OF cries snd melan-
choly.-Bruuere.
The worm of conscience is the COM
panion of the owl the light is stunned
by evil spirits only.-Schiiler.
Let US not unman each o.her-part
at once all farewells should be sudden
forever.-Byron.
Miss not the occasion; by the fore
lock take subtle power, the never halt
ing power Wordsworth
II every man works at what nature
fitted him, the cows will be we'll tended
La FORtaiRe.
Passionate persons are like men who
stand upon their heads; they see all
things the wrong way-Piato.
The strokes of the pen need delibera-
ton as much as those of the sword need
swiftness. Julia Ward Hone.
As nightingales do upon glow worms
feed, SO poets live upon the living light
of nature and of fbeauty.-BaiLey.
The more sand has escaped through
the hour glass of our life, the clearer
we should see through it.-RHcher.
Fame is vapor popularity an acci-
dent; riches takes wings; the only
certainty is oblivion. Horace Greeley.
SANDER, whose edge is sharper than
the sword, whose tongue out venoms all
the worms of the e.-MakespeQre.
His tongue dropped mamma and could
make the worse appear the better reason,
to perplex and dash maturest counsels. !
Million.
Yet l argue not against Heavens |
hand or will, nor bate q jOt of heart or
hope, but still bear up and steer right |
onward. Milton.
The block of granite, which was an
obstacle in the path of the weak, be- !
comes stepping stone in the pathway
of the strong.
l am man of Peace; God knows l |
love peace, but / hope may never be
such coward as to mistake oppression |
for peace
Perseverance is Roman virtue that |
wins each godlike act and plucks sue
cess even from the spear-proof crest of |
rugged danger
Pay not before thy work be done, if |
thou dost, it will never be well done ;
and thou wilt have but a pennyworth |
for two pence.-Frdnkiin.
Providence has hidden a charm in |
difficult undertakings, which is appre.
ciated only by those who dare to grapple
with them.-INaddn'e .SUetchine.
e.l1 l.,
like the straw that floats
along the stream, glide with the current
still and follow fortune.
The chief ingredients in the compo-
sitiOn of those qualities that gain es-
TEEN and praise are good nature, truth,
good sense, and good breeding.
son.
The ancients had but ore word for
morals. 1t might be well if the same |
were the case for us, yet with this
difference, that while they de-
graded morals to the level of manners,
a higher culture would lead US to raise
to the level of morals.
Imaginary evils soon become real ones
by indulging in our reflections on them,
as he who in melancholy fancy sees
something like face on the wall or
wainscot can, by two or three touches
with lead pencil, make it look visible
and agreeing with what he fancied.
No trait of character is more valuable |
than the possession of good temper.
Home can never be made happy without
it. 1t is like the flowers springing up
in our pathway, reviving and cheering
US. Kind words and looks are the out
ward demonstration patience and for
bearance are the sentinels within.
A pair of bright eyes, with a dozen
glances, suffice to subdue a man; to
enslave him and infiame; to make him
even forget; they dazzle him SO that
the past becomes straightway dim to
him and he so prizes them that he
would give all his life to possess them.
What is the fond love of dearest friends
to his treasure? Is memory
rs strong as expectancy, fruition as
hunger, gratitude as sdesire?-Ihackery. |
Consider what you have in the small /
est chosen library. A company of the
wisest and wittiest men that could be |
picked out of all civil countries, in a
thousand years, have set in the best
order the results of-their learning and
wisdom. The men themselves we're hid
and inaccessible, solitary. impatient of
fenced by etiquette but |
The thought which they did not uncover
10 their bosom friends is here written |
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