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They oppose themselves, they stand in their own light, they are against their own happiness, they cherish and nourish cockatrices in their own bosoms; they choose to themselves those paths which have written upon them in large characters, These are the ways of death and damnation.
You have such a mysterious air to-day, and one would suppose by your manner that I must be concerned in this mystery." "And suppose you were, Clary suppose I were plotting for your happiness? But no; there is really nothing; you must not take such silly fancies into your head.
The ghosts of indolence rise up in the dark, ever staring the recreant in the face, and tormenting him: "The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices, Make instrument to scourge us." True happiness is never found in torpor of the faculties, but in their action and useful employment. It is indolence that exhausts, not action, in which there is life, health, and pleasure.
"To happiness." "To death!" Shuddering with horror she sprang from the bed; the marquis, astonished, followed her. His wife motioned him to a window and raised the curtain, pointing as she did so to a score of soldiers.
Reading and writing, grammar and arithmetic, history and geography, these are the fundamental and essential elements of a common school education; and in our time and country, a modicum of information on these subjects is necessary for the future well-being, success and happiness of our children.
I thought she wanted to be quiet, it was difficult for her to realise her happiness at once, so I told her that I had some letters to write, and carried my desk into the next room, but she followed me after a time, and we had a long talk about Max. When Mr. Hamilton came up in the evening he noticed the improvement in Gladys's appearance. 'You are better to-night, my dear.
We are not a monastic order, seeking happiness in lonely withdrawal from our fellows. The early religious orders were based upon the idea of retirement from the world for the purpose of acquiring holiness. But as has already been shown, the constant tendency of the religious communities was toward participation in the world's affairs.
I wanted to live for the happiness of all men, to find and spread the truth. I used to look out of my window at the wall of Meyer's house, and say to myself that if I could speak for a quarter of an hour I would convince the whole world, and now for once in my life I have come into contact with... you if not with the others! And what is the result? Nothing! The sole result is that you despise me!
A son who is the sole solace and first hope of her existence, whose virtues make all her happiness, and whose filial piety is her only glory! And well may she glory in a son such as Delvile!
His crime was playing at pitch and toss with the lower classes. His punishment was merely exposure. Such were the criminals who were to suffer upon this day of universal happiness and delight. Then came fifty thousand archers of the blue dragon battalion, carrying in their hands chowries of horses' tails to clear away the blue-bottle flies.
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