The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07
GheGnteltiaetrfer,
THOUGHTS OF GREAT THINK.
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Joy much.-LGuater.
-LazincSs travels so slow that poverty
soon ovGrtakes him,-Ffankiia.
True wisdom in general consists il
energetic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Every production Of genius mutt BIZ
thoeproduclion Of enthusiasm.-Diraeii
On tho neck Of the young mar
spaEkles no-gem so gracious as enterprise
-Hqfa.
--Ennui is the dOsirc Of activity, with
out the ct means Of gratifying the do
site.--Baner.h.
ALI noble enthusiasms pass through
feverish stage, and grow wiser and more
serene Claiming.
We often glory in the criminal pas
sionS, but thai of envy is so shameful
that We dare not own it.-R0ehetoaeaaLd
1t is safor to afFront some people than
10 obligc them; for the better man dc,
serves, tho worse they will speak Of him
Seneca.
Equality is the share Of every one Al
their advent upon earth, and equality il
also theirs when placed beneath it,
NinOa de rEnetos.
Who can, in reason, then, or right
assume monarchy over such us live by
right equals, il, in power or splendOr less
in freedom equalS?-Milon.
Come forward, some great marshal
and organize equality in society, and your
rod shall swallow up all the juggling old
court gold.sticks.-1Gaeker1y.
How happy he who can still hope to
lift himself from this sea OF error What
we know not, that we are anxious "a
possess, and cannot use what we know
Goethe.
So far is it from being true that mer
are naturally equal, that no two people
can be half an hour together but one
shall acquire an evident superiority over
the Other.-JOhnSoH.
ALI men are by nature equal. made
all OF the same earth by the same work
man; and, however we deceive ourselves
rs dear unto God is the poor peasant as
the mighty prince.-IEdtO.
-Wo sometimes learn more from the
sight Of evil than from an example Of
good; and it is well to accustom our.
selves TO profit by the evil which Ia &C
common, while that which is good Is &C
rare.-PdSedl.
DIVISIONS are the common shelter o.
the hard.hearted, the false and impotent
when called upon TO assist; the really
great alone plan instantaneous help, even
when their looks or words presage diff
culties.-Ldrater.
Evils in the journey Of life are like
the hills which alarm travellers upon theiI
road; they both appear great in the dis
lance, but when We approach them we fine
them far less insurmountable than we haG
conceived.-CoLton.
TO great evils we submit, we resent
little proyocations. 1 have before now
been disappointed OF half hundred
pound Job and lost half crown at racket
on the same day, and been more mortified
at the latter than the fOrmer.-Ha2!ih
The habit olexaggcration, like dram
drinking, becomes slavish necessity. and
they who practice it pass their lives in ;
kind Of mental telescope, through whos'
magnifylng medium they look upon them
selves and everything around them
B. Owcn.
Human excellence, parted from God
is liked tabled flower, which, according
to Rabbits, Eve pIucked when passing ou'
Of Paradise-severed from its native roo
it is only the touching memorial OF los
Eden; sad, while churming-beautiful
but dead.-G Stanford.
A wound in the friendship Of young
persons, as in the bark OF young trees
NAV be 80 grown over as to leave no scar
Tho case is very different with old pers
sons and old timber. The reason OF Thu
may be accountable from tho decline o.
social passions aud the prevalence O
spleen, suspicion and rancor towards the
latter part of life, -iShenGtOne.
Both in individuals and in masses,
violent excitmcnt is always followed BY
remission and often by reaction. We are
all inclined to depreciate whatever W!
have overpraiSed, and, on tho other hand
10 show indulgence where we have shown
undue rigor.-AaeGalay.
The eye speaks with an eloquenc,
and truthfulness surprising speech. |
is tho window out OF which the wingeC
thoughts often ly unwittingly. 1t is tn
tiny, magic mirror on whose crystal sur
face the moods OF feeling tittulIy play
like the sunshine and shadow on q still
stream. -luekermun.
Fear never was friend TO tho Low,
Of 36d or man, to duty, conscience, truth
probity;or honor. II, therefore, can neye
make good subject, good citizens, or
good soldier, and least Of all a good Chris
ian! except tho devils, who believe an
tremble, ate to be accounted good Chris
tians. -Heary Brook.
Tho eye is the window Of the soul
the mouth, the door. The intellect, tn
will, are seen in tho eye; the emotions
Sensibilities, and affections in the mouth
SIThs animals look for mans intention
right into his eyes. Even n rat, when yo'
hurt him and bring HIN to bay, looks yol
in the eye.-Hiram Porers.
-IrreSolutiou loosens all the joints o
State; like an ague 1t shakes not this o
that limb, but ali the body is at once il
fit. The irresolute man is lifted iron
one place to another, and hath no plac
left 10 rest on. He aecks from one eg
TO another; SO hatcheth nothing, butad
dies all his actions.--Feahdm.
There is an ugly kind of forgiveness
in this world-a kind Of hedgehog for
Civehess, shot out like quilts. Men TAX
one who has Ofie ndCd, and set him dow
baiore the blow-pipe OF their indignation
and scorch him, and burn his fault int
him; and when they have kneaded hiu
sufficiently with their fiery fists, then
they forgive hlm.-Beeeher.
1t is sufficient to have a simpl
heart in order to escape the harshness u
the age, in order not to fly from the IN
fortunate; but it is to have some under,
standing Of the impCrishable law, to seel
them In the fOrgettulness against whtc
they dare not complain, to prefer them
their ruin, to admire them in their strng
gles.-SiaGneoEr
Friendship is vase which, when
is ftawed BY heat, or violence, or acciden
NAV as we'll be broken at once-it neve