 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 572 pages
...dimensions, by applying ourselves diligently to the pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas as those of a fool are...in other words, because the one is always wishing i' away, and the other always enjoying it. How different is the view of past life, in the man who is... | |
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 pages
...of. Be frugal of your time, it is one of the best of jewels. — Leighton. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are...wishing it away and the other always enjoying it. — Addison. Pastime is a word that should never be used but in a bad sense ; it is vile to say such... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...moral conduct is, next to God, to respect time. . . . Time brings truth to light. The time of the fool is long, because he does not know what to do with it ; that of the wise man short, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts.... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pages
...ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it." — No. 215. " The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions." — No. 94. " Every animal but man keeps to one dish. Herbs are the food of this species, fish of that,... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...dimensions by applying ourselves diligently to the pтirsuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man ral hours of the day hang upon our hands ; nay, we...through a country filled with many wild and empty t'.e other always enjoying it. How different is the view of past life in the man who is grown old in... | |
 | 1887 - 644 pages
...in one section only of the paper.] A. — 1. Translate into Latin prose — The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are...to do with it; so is that of the other, because he marks every moment of it with useful or amusing thought : or, in other words, because the one is always... | |
 | A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...natural dimension, by applying ourselves diligently to the pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are...always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying itJ How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...Dimensions, by applying ourselves diligently to the Pursuits of Knowledge* The Hours of a wise Man are lengthened by his Ideas, as those of a Fool are...distinguishes every Moment of it with useful or amusing Thought; or in other Words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...Dimensions, by applying ourselves diligently to the Pursuits of Knowledge. The Hours of a wise Man are lengthened by his Ideas, as those of a Fool are by his Passions i The Time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it ; so is that of the other,... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 452 pages
...natural dimensions by applying ourselves diligently to the pursuits of knowledge. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are...distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thought ; or in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying... | |
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it ; so is that... 
