Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.
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 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,…
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…
Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness. - Sir Fulke Greville
Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness.
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.
Human knowledge is the parent of doubt. - Sir Fulke Greville
Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.
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…
Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body. - Sir Fulke Greville
Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body.
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