 Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action;...  The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk - עמוד 31מאת Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 192 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Ralph Lerner - 1994 - 164 דפים
...of separating himself from those who disclaim any vanity of their own and condemn vanity in others: "I give it fair Quarter wherever I meet with it, being...that it is often productive of Good to the Possessor & to others that are within his Sphere of Action." 17 Here are the rudiments of an education in self-knowledge.... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 דפים
...saw the introductory Words, Without Vanity I may say, See. but some vain thing immediately follow'd. me. But now my Heart is made they Censar trim, Full...for cleaning cloth. 67. Print: image. 66. pinkt: ad & to others that are within his Sphere of Action: And therefore in many Cases it would not be quite... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 דפים
...saw the introductory Words, Without Vanity I may say, &c. but some vain thing immediately follow'd. Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share...that it is often productive of Good to the Possessor & to others that are within his Sphere of Action: And therefore in many Cases it would not be quite... | |
 | John P. Diggins - 1999 - 308 דפים
...practical passion. "Most people dislike vanity in others . . . but I give it fair quarter wherever 1 meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor. . . . And therefore ... it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the... | |
 | Robert Dawidoff - 2000 - 274 דפים
...picture of the calculations of interest that might prove virtue's back door to the Madisonian house. "Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share...that it is often productive of Good to the Possessor & to others that are within his Sphere of Action."15 Indeed, Franklin's method of moral selfimprovement... | |
 | Myra Jehlen - 2002 - 254 דפים
...Actions," he has claimed "I," "me," and "my" twenty-eight times. That number would not dismay him: "Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share...that it is often productive of Good to the Possessor & to others that are within his Sphere of Action." In fact he has come to think that "in many Cases... | |
 | Jessica Riskin - 2002 - 368 דפים
...Franklin likewise began his life's story by excusing the intrinsic vanity of the autobiographical project: "Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves," he wrote, "but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 דפים
...the introductory words, 'Without vanity I may say,' etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share...productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 דפים
...the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," &c., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share...productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 494 דפים
...dislike . - . ' о / il vanitv in others, whatever share they have ol it themselves; but I give it lair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that...productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere ol action; and therelore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd... | |
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