West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
NO. ID.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| me CHRISTIAN life Is not knowing or
| hearing but doing.
/ The truest end OF life Is 10 know
! the life that never ends.
\ jldiCious silence is better than
/ truth spoken without charity.
Religion Is the lest armor a man can
! have but the worst cloak.
! The best sort of revenge Is not To- be
like him who does the Injury.
They are never alone that are accom-
! panied with noble thOughts.
Our acts make or mar us; we are the
chlldron OF our own deodN.
An Ingenious mind feels In unmeri-
| tel praise the bittercst rcproof.
A foolish friend Is, at times, IA great
or annoyance than wise enemy
DO good and throw It into the sea II
the fish know 1t not the Lord win.
They are never alone who are accom-
panied with noble thoughts.
They who have true light In them
| selves seldom become satellites.
Good temper IL like sunny day; lt
sheds It's brightness ON everything.
Without Contcntmeut there is no
wealth, and with II there is no poverty.
lie has mastered all things who has
combined the useful with the agreeable,
mans good breeding is the best se-
curity against other peoples III man
ncrs.
lie who thinks lac has nothing to fear
from temptation Is most exposed TO n
fall
iedautry consists I'm the use of words
unsuitable TO tho time, place and COM
panY.
There are three things which nobody
can do without--mouey, buttons, aud
the baker.
BE constant I'm what is good, but be-
ware of being obstinate In anything
that Is eva.
All that tread the globc arc but IA
mere handful To the tribes that slumber
I'm It's bosom.
Sin produces fear, fear leads to bond
age, and bondage makes all our duties
irksOmc.
Only what we have wrought into
our characters during life can we take
away with US.
In virtue and In health we love to bc
instructed ns wei ~ physlckcd with
pleasure.
The chaiLs of habit are generally too
small to be felt TIN they are too small
to- be broken.
individuality Is everywhere To be
spared and respected as the root of
everything good.
Let man overcome angur by love,
evil by good, and greedy by libcralitv
the liar by truth.
Books arc men OF higher nature, ANA
the only men who speak aloud for fu-
ture times TO hear.
The Greeks had their triolgies, the
Romans their triumvirs, and wo have
our thrco-ccnt pieces.
The best teacher OF duties that stu
lie dim To us Is the practice OF those
we see and have at hand.
Happiness can he built on virtue
alone. aud must of necessity have truth
for It's foundation.
Talents are best matured I'm solltdde:
character Ia best formed In the stormy
billows of the world.
Many man has been dined ont of
his religion, and his politics, aud his
manhood, almost.
Happy the man who can court on
having every day or his life mea!y
potato, some loose silver. and good
laugh.
What admire In Columbus is not
his having discovered world, but his
having gone TO search for IL on tho
faith of an opinion.
Whenever we have to establish new
reLltions with any ONE, let us make an
ample provision or pardon, OF indul-
gence and or kindness.
No man while unhappy can show
forth true noble mauhOed Every
thing short Of cheer Is medicinal, and
medicine was not made for daily use.
Being sometimes asundcr heightens
friendship. The greater cause of the
frequent quarrcls between relatives IL
their being so much together.
No one is so greatly to be feared as
the man who Is willing To tell you all
hc knows, because the chances are that
he will tell you great deal more.
IL traveller does not meet with one
who is his better or his equal, let him
ilrmly keep his solitary Journey; for
there IS no cOmplnionship with fools.
The habii cf resolving without acting
is worse than not resolving at all inas-
much as IL gradually sundcfs the natur-
al condition between thought and deed.
Every man should reap from his oc-
cupatiOu as much pleasure ~ he can.
aud men in congo lial occupations have
little need to seek beyond them for
amusement.
A man scusi,iye. 10 everything that is
beautiful in uaturs can have more en-
jOymcut lon looking uplntO the sky than
Witnessing the best OF plays on the mi-
mic stage.
II is "a great thing to sec u yonng
man who has tie glittering prizes Of
this world iu his reach, bring all his
splendid gifts and lay them as sacrl-
flee on thc altar Of the Lord.
II you were as willing 20 be as pleas
AM and as anxious 10 please in your
| own home as you are IN the company
Of your ncighbOrs, you would have the
/ iappicst home iif~he world.
There Is 30 maguanmity in con-
science; 70 b. prone TO take us at disad-
vantage. Do always wields It's whip Of
scorpions when the soul is secured by
outward circumstance.
We arc all able to take care OF our
selves iu love affairs when we are young,
and when we get old we are all COnvin-
ced ~ the inability Of other folks in
youth, 20 look out for themselves.
lie who brings rdicule TO bear
against truth finds In his hand blade
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