 | Harvey Buckland - 1856 - 190 pages
...other may be a debauched man, this a person of worth. Selden, THE FOLLY OF FEARS. If evils come not, then our fears are vain, And if they do, fear but augments the pain. Sir Thomas More. LABOUR IN VAIN. O trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope Of mortal men,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...which may have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so admirable: If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. Truth, however, compels me to add that his character presents many inconsistencies ; lor though he... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...may have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so admirable : If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. Truth, however, compels me to add that his character presents many inconsistencies ; for though he... | |
 | Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 pages
...Epicurus affirms that happiness is the chief good, and virtue the only happiness. If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. The first step to knowledge is a consciousness of ignorance. Then follows a desire to learn. The finer... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so admirable : If evils come not, men our fears are vain; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. Truth, however, compels me to add that his character presents many inconsistencies; for though he was... | |
 | Robert Huston - 1860 - 300 pages
...Scripture, John xiv. 27; especially the last clause of it. And let us remember, — ' If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments our pain.' I can often greatly rejoice in God, and in the prospect of endless life; yet I have my low... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...which may have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so admirable: If evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. Truth, however, compels me to add that his character presents many inconsistencies j for though he... | |
 | Samuel Curwen - 1864 - 720 pages
...of fate. 'Tis, I confess, foolish to anticipate evils; a wise man said, — si " If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain." No mind is so fortified as not to feel concern for what may happen, especially when smarting under... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pages
...free, Could choose no scurvier knave, no greater fool than thee. R. Simpson. 6 Fear. If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. This couplet is an equivalent for the last two lines of the following Latin epigram: — Cur patimur... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pages
...free, Could choose no scurvier knave, no greater fool than thee. R. Simpson, 6 Fear. If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. This couplet is an equivalent for the last two lines of the following Latin epigram: — Cur patimur... | |
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If evils come not, then our fears are vain ; And if they do, fear but augments the pain. 
