West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-06
NO. l3.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

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or iorms oi any one present.
/ How few faults are seen by us which
we have not ourselves committed.
DO good to all, that thou mayest keep
thy friends and gain thine enemies.
There are vices which do not deprive
us of friends, and virtues which do.
Love mocks all SORROWS but lts own,
and damps each joy 1t does not yield.
Your beuovolcrce should seek tho
poor before the poor seek your benevo-
lcuCc.
Men who believe they will die like
beasts are apt to live In the same man
ner.
The sourest temper must sweeten In
the atmosphere OF continuous good
numor.
lie that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass
himself
II Is counted an honor To live like
princes, but 1t is agrcatcr honor To give
like princes.
Nothing ever touched the heart OF IA
reader that did not come from the heart
of the writer.
There Is an alchemy In high heart
which transmutcs other things To its
own quality.
Some people think 1t an excess of
magnanlmity To forgive those whom
they have injured.
A sincere confession OF our ignor-
ancc Is one oi the fairest and surcst tes-
timonies OF our own Judgment.
know of no manner of speaking so
offensive as giving praise aud quality
ing IL with an exception.
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ness; Oh the contrary, n certain degree
OF care is essential 10 enjoyment.
The poorest education that teaches
self-Control is better than the best that
neglccts It,
OF learning the most difficult part l.
To unlcarn, hence the necessity of be-
ginning betimcs.
Ingratitudo Is II kind of mental weak
ness. We have never seen any able
man who was ungratcful.
Man ought always To have something
that he prefers to life, otherwise lltS
Itself "ill appear tIresomc aud void.
Don't pin your faith on so.called
great men. You will find most of them
very small as you approach them.
man who has duly considered the
condition Of his being, Will coltented-
ly yield To the course of things.
Secret kindnesses done to your fell
lOw-crcatures are as beautiful as secret
Injuries are dotcstablc.
without the virtue OF humility one
can neither be honest in poverty nor
contented In abundance.
IL takes less time to get over ones
misfortuncs than To he reConciled 10 "a
neighbor's good fortune
Not that which men do worthily.
but that which they do successfully, is
what history Is eager TO record.
The only passion that does not blunt
is avarice, and which the longer we
live only becomes kecucr.
There is no state of life so anxious as
that of "A man who does not live accord
Ing to the dictates of his own reason.
The object OF ali ambition should be
To be happy at home; IL we are not
happy there, VIC canLot be elsewhere.
IT you want knowledge, you must
toll for IL; II food, you must toll Tor IL;
and II pleasure you must toll for IT,
Don't expect TO earn your living
without labor OF hand or head. on
must eat your own bread or somebody
else's.
IL Is a most mor,ifylng reflection tor
any man TO consider what he has done
compared with what he might have
done.
They asked Lokman the fabulist from
whom did you learn mannersY IIean-
swered promptly: From the unman-
ncrly.
Sin il never at a stay, # we do not
retreat from It, we shall advance In IL;
and the furtner we 90, the more We
have to come back.
Beware of anger OF the tongue; con
troll the tongue. Beware OF anger OF
The mind. Practice virtue with thy
tongue and with Thy mind.
Sow not wishes in other peoples gar
dcns; wish not for that which you are
not, but earnestly desire TO be- thc very
best OF what you really are.
Health is the only riches that "a man
Ought to set "a value on; for without IL
all men are poor, let their estates be
what they will.
lfany one say that he has seen just
man in want Of bread, we answer that
10 was In some place where there was
no other just man.
Justice IS a duty-gencroslty isayir-
tue. Yet the whole Is too apt TO regard
The first as favor, aud the latter as a
folly.
Hard words are like hailstoncs I'm
summer; beating down and destroying
what they would nOurisl, n they were
melted INTO drops.
Every human creature Is sensible To-
sOme iuhrmitics Of temper. which II
should be his care 10 correct and sub
lue, particularly in the early period Of
life.
The proper element or man is con
slant activity. The waters Of life are
ike those Of the Bethesda pOol--it IL
only when they are agltated that they
arc hcalthful.
IL is better 10 set frugal and well
come table before the guest instantly,
than 10 keep him waiting q long time,
in order to provide for him splendid
repast, perhaps grudgingly.
Retioeucc IS valuable power, but
ono iu the use OF which great di3cre-
tiOn is required and 10 loses all ils dig
nifty OF it- dignity ne soon "a it Is praC-
ticed without sufficient cause.
Never leta lac go to seed in your souls.
~ you should happen % be tempted In
fO telling falschOod, let 10 bc plucked
out by n proudcr confession Of your
fault as quickly as possible.
Life Is like game Of chess, each one
holds his rank according 20 his quality