 But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully,...  Plain Living and High Thinking: A New Year Homily - Page 31by Theodore Thornton Munger - 1897 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
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...attain sufficient skill to regain their equilibrium when overturned. — Edinburgh Cabinet Library. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, _ distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. — Bacon. A DAY AT A LONDON BREWERY. [Kulrauce to... | |
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...fortunes that may otherwise become a menace to our best interests. "Lord Bacon, I think it was, said : 'Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use carefully, distribute cheerfully, leave contentedly, yet have no friarly or abject contempt of them."... | |
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