Vanity is the poison of agreeableness; yet as poison, when artfully and properly applied, has a salutary effect in medicine, so has vanity in the commerce and society of the world.
Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate. - Sir Fulke Greville
Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate.
- Sir Fulke Greville
Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness. - Sir Fulke Greville
Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness.
We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the … - Sir Fulke Greville
We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the …
What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we… - Sir Fulke Greville
What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we…
Human knowledge is the parent of doubt. - Sir Fulke Greville
Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.
Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity,… - Sir Fulke Greville
Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity,…
The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular. - Sir Fulke Greville
The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.
The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind. - Sir Fulke Greville
The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.
It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate… - Sir Fulke Greville
It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate…
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