Beauty is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt the mind of the wife, though it soon loses its influence over the husband. A figure agreeable and engaging, which inspires affection, without the ebriety of love, is a much safer choice.
Beauty loses its relish; the graces never. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.
- Henry Home, Lord Kames
An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying ev… - Henry Home, Lord Kames
An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying ev…
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.
The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.
The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape. - Henry Home, Lord Kames
The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.
The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had… - Henry Home, Lord Kames
The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had…
When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert … - Henry Home, Lord Kames
When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert …
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