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" It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to instruct even our friends... "
Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year ... - Page 62
by Minnesota State Horticultural Society - 1887
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Lacon: or, Many things in few words

Charles Caleb Colton - 1821 - 280 pages
...is a very grave kind of a personage, and, as you plainly see, does not understand a joke." CCLXXXVI. IT is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. \ CCLXXXVII. IF men have been termed pilgrims, and life a journey,...
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Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1

Charles Caleb Colton - 1824 - 286 pages
...a very grave kiud of personage, and, as y1u plainly see, does not understand a joke !" CCLXXXVI. (t is always safe to learn, even from our enemies —seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. CCLXXXVII. If men have heen termed pilgrims, and life a jourrey....
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Eugene Aram: A Tale, Volume 1

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832 - 232 pages
...or explain. That task, which so few do gracefully, that an accurate and shrewd thinker has said, " It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to instruct even our friends,"* Aram performed with a meekness and simplicity that charmed the vanity, even while it corrected the...
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Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ...

Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...and the more intellectual our pleasure, the better for the pleasure and for us too.— Byron. 781. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies ; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.—Cotton. 782. It is easier to pretend to be what you are not,...
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The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton)

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1840 - 770 pages
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33

1878 - 300 pages
...few explanations; the character that cannot defend itself is not worth vindicating. — FW Robertson. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies ; seldom safe to venture to instruct even our friends. — Colton. Give a man such a heart as the Son of God describes...
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Eliza Cook's Journal, Volume 4

Eliza Cook - 1850 - 436 pages
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The British Millennial Harbinger

1855 - 662 pages
...to consumption, who were restored to health by the exercise of their lungs in singing. — Dr. BusA. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct even our friends. The injuries we do to others.'and those we suffer, are very seldom...
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The Wesleyan Reform Union Magazine, Volume 3

Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches - 1863 - 508 pages
...yet its sorrows are real and lasting. TEDST not to the-world, for it never payeth what it promises. IT is always safe to learn, even from our enemies— seldom safe to venture to Instruct even our friends. POVERTY is, except where there is an actual want of food and...
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Diamond Dust

Eliza Cook - 1865 - 216 pages
...enough to defy the mouse. A MAN of business must put up with many affronts if he loves his own quiet. IT is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct even our friends. LET your inclination be to those who advised you, rather than...
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