VARIETIES.
If any man consider it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.—Plutarch. He who writes what he should speak, and dares not speak what he writes, is ejlher like a wolf in sheep's clothing, or like a sheep in a wolf's skin.—Lavater.
Forgiveness is the most necessary and proper work of every man; for, though, when I do not a just thing or a charitable, or a wise, another man may do it for me, yet no man can forgive my enemy but myself*—Lop E. Herbert. The covetous person lives as if the world were altogether made for him, and not be for the world ; to take in everything and part with nothing.—South. Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us, viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pridt; if these enemies were to be banished, weshouldenjoy perpetual peace.—Petrarch. Man is to man all kinds of beasts; a frowning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a .treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.— Cowley* The malice of ill tongues cast upon a good man is only like a mouthful of smoke blown upon a diamond, which clouds its beauty for the present, yet it is easily rubbed off and the gem restored with little trouble to its owner*
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 15, 16 December 1862, Page 27
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242VARIETIES. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 15, 16 December 1862, Page 27
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