The Republican journal., 1896-04-30
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[Cowper.
Noble discomfort is the path to heaven.
lHigginson.
Genius is only a superior power of see
ing Ruskin.
If money be not tn y servant, it will be
thy master. Bacon.
There is scarcely good critic of books
porn IN our age. Bulwcr.
man OF integrity will never listen to
any reason against conscience. Anon.
Confidence in another man s virtue is a
shght evidence of one S own. TMontaione
ne that is conscious of crime, however
oold by nature, becomes a coward. Men
ander.
He can not be perfect man. not being
tried and tutored in the world. TShak-
speare.
No one will ever shine in conversation.
who thinks of saying fine things,
LOCKER
lnfidelity is a nasty word, whether
applied to home, country or religion.
lJewish Voice.
From orders which are improper
springs resistance, which is not easily
overcome. Basil
Who stabs my name would stab NV
person, too, did not the hangman' AK lie
III the way. [Crown.
The art of conversation consists as
much IN listening politely as in talking
agreeably. Atwell
Virtue and decency are so nearly related
that II is difficult to separate them from
each other. Cicero.
The superiority of some men is merely
local They are great because their asso-
clates are little. Johnson.
Our doubts are traitors and make us
lose the good we Oft might win by fear
ing to attempt. Shakespeare.
The worst education that teaches self
denial is better than the best that teaches
everything else and net that. Sterling.
When the Savages wish to have fruit
they cut down the tree and gather it.
That is exactly a despotic government.
| Montesquieu.
Ceremony is the invention of wise men
to keep fools at a distance: as good breed
ing is an eXpedient to make fools and wise
men equals Steele.
No man can possibly improve in any
for which he as not respect
enough to be under some degree of re-
straint, Chesterfield.
Simple diet is best; for many dishes
bring many diseases; and rich sauces are
worse than even heaping several meats
upon each other. Pliny.
| don't like to talk much with people
who always agree with me. 1t is amusing
to coQuette with an echo for a little while,
but one soon tires of it. Carlyle.
A man-poet, prophet Of whatever he
may be-readily persuades himself of his
right to ali the worship That is voluntar-
lily rendered. Hawthorne.
AS the sword of the best tempered
metal is the most flexible, so the truely
generous are most plant an | courteous in
their behavior to their interiors. Fuller.
Think of your own faults the first part
of the night when you are awake, and of
the faults of Others the latter part of the
night when you are asleep. [Chinese
Proverb.
Faction begins when the first idea OF
private interest, preferred to public good,
gets footing in the heart 1t is always
dangerous, yet always contemplate,
CheneYl3,
A certain amount of distrust is whole
some, but not so much of others as of
ourselves \aithpr tv
can exist in the same atmosphere with it,
Nine. Neckar.
If you suppress the exorbitant love of
pleasure and money, idle curiosity, mi
quitous purpose and wanton mirtb, what
a stiffness would there be in the greatest
cities. Bruyere.
The ease, the luxury and the abundance
of the highest state of civilization are as
productive of sellishness as the difficult
ties, the privations and the sterilities of
the lowest. Cotton.
Large enterprises make the few rich.
but the majority prosper only through the
and detail of thrift He is
already poverty stricken whose habits are
not thrifty. Munger.
The vain glory of this world is deceit
full sweetness, fruitless labor perpet-
ual fear, dangerous honor; her begin
ming is without Providence, and her end
not without repentance. [Quarles.
Complaisance pleases all; prejudices
none; adornS wit, renders humor agree
able; augments friendship, redoubles
love, and united with justice and gen
erosity becomes the secret chain of the
society of mankind. M. de Scuderi.
No man, with mans heart in him,
gets far on his way without some bitter
soul scorching disappointment. Happy
he who is brave enough to push on an
other stage of the journey and rest where
there are Giving springs of water, and
threescore and ten palms" Brown.
Little self denials, little honesties, little
passing words of sympathy, little name
less acts of kindness, little silent victo-
ries over favorite temptations-these are
the silent threads of gold which, when
woven together, CLEAN out 50 brightly in
the pattern of life that God approves.
Canon Fdrrar.