The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19
PlTHY POINTS.

Is when he llndS out he IS wrong.
The less religion there is in church
the less they want in q preacher.
The fact that man wants knowledge
is proof that he has some already.
The terror of being thought poor
has been the ruin of thousands.
Wine and passion are racks oft
used to eXtOrt words from us.
Some use their wits as bravOes their
stilettoes, not for defence but mischief
Most men know what they hate, few
what they love.
Content hangs not so high, but that
a man on the ground may reach it.
He that loses his conscience has
nothing that is left worth keeping.
Iiberality consists less in giving
much, than in giving wisely.
Want of employment is the most
irksOme OF all wants.
Love that does not take off its coat
and try to do something is all blair
nrY.
The devil hates hcma who makes
him take q good, square look at him
self
Vice is sometimes more courageous
than virtue, because it has less to
lose
They derIaim most against the
world who have most slnned against
it.
There are no other persons capable
of STOPPING so low, as they who are
OVer-anNlOuS to rise.
Sorrow, in its cXultatiOn, has an
instructive sympathy with the suffer
ings of others.
Our wealth is always a temptation
to others, and often Il snare to our
selves.
The devil doesn't want to break up
the church. What he wants is to run
it.
Coveting what We need not takes
from us the true use and trultlOn OF
what we already have.
Men and actions, like object S OF sight,
have their points OF perspective,
some must be seen at a distance.
Who cannot keep his own secret
ought not to complain ii another tells
it.
There are moments when the heart
wakens from Il sleep to feel itself alone
and in the dark.
He is no mean philosopher who can
give q reason for one half of what he
thinks.
Many gain favor because their en-
nifty is not dreaded, and others be-
cause it is.
| mmoderate pleasures shorten the
existence more than any remedies can
prolong it.
The spirit of poesy is the morning
light which makes the statue OF Mem
non sound.
Interest speaks all languages, and
acts all parts, even that of disinter-
estedness itself.
I AS long as We remain ignorant of
our duty, our intelligence is in a state
oiinactivity.
Men should allow others eXcellences
/ to preserve modest opinion OF their
own.
Trust him little who praises all;
him less who treasures all; and HIM
least who is indifferent about all.
/ AS we grow older, it is with hearts
] as with heads of hair-it is not easy
/ to distinguish the true from the false.
There are many who had rather,
meet their bittereSt enemy in the field
than their own hearts in their closet.
Let not mOdesty take away thy
courage in q good cause; but let not
thy courage incline to impudence III
a prosperous one.
The reason that most people cast
their eyes upon the 1oIIles OF Others is,
that they may not have to perceive
their own.
A good character is a coat Of triple
steel, giving security to the wearer,
protection to he oppressed, and i'll
spring the OpprcsSor with awe.
Those who pursue the stream Of
Truth to its sources have much climb
ing to do, much fatigue to encounter,
. but they see great sights.
Many speak the truth when they say
that they despise riches and prefer
ment; but they mean the riches and
preferment possessed by other men.
The water in the Straits of Gibral-
tar, at the depth of $40 fathOms, is
four times as salt as that at the sur
face.
Fools are very often found in the
strictest intimacy, as the lighter kinds
of wood are the most clOscl y glued to-
gethcr.
1t would be q great advantage to
some schoOl-masters if they would
steal two hours a day from their
pupils, and give their own minds the
benefit of the robbery,
Our minds receive the ideas and
images of most things originally from
our senses. Set walters at those
CmQueports to seize all contraband
goods
The greatest pleasure in life is love;
the greatest treasure, cont tntmcnt ;
the greatest possession, health; the
greatest ease, sleep; and the best
medicine, a true friend.
Propose continually to yourself new
Objects 1t is only by emiching your
mind that YOU can prevent its growing
poor. SlOth bcnumbS and enerVateS;
regular work eXcitcs and strengthens
it-and work is always in our power.
Protested dueliSts seem to think
their lives OF no value; and the world
will not be likely to quarrel with them
upon the subject, inasmuCh as they
are rather dangerous class to dis
pute with.
Flame is one of the most beautiful
things in the world. Not a sunset sky
in summer, not q full-blOwn trOpic
flower, is more brilliant than flame;
flame is the flower Of fire. The ivy has
no splendOr like the mantIing flame;
it reddens like the thyrsus of the god.
Plutarch says there is not so great
q difference between beast and beast
as man and man. Wemight 90 further,
and say there is more difference be
tween some men and some other men
} than there is between some men and