 ... he who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove*.  The Rambler, by S. Johnson - Page 331806Full view - About this book
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
...vicissitudes of life.—Newman. "YOU CAN'T HANG SOFT CHEESE ON A HOOK, NOR DRIVE A NAIL OF WAX." he who was so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1905 - 186 pages
...a hook, nor drive a nail of wax." CONTENT THE fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | 1859 - 754 pages
...Cyrus Prindfe.] THE FOUNTAIN or CONTENT — The fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...the very possession of the enjoyment pails. The fountain of content must spring up in the mind ; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...the very possession of the enjoyment palls. The fountain of content must spring up in the mind : and Milton. A woman ha» two smile» that mi angel nii'.-.hi bapSinesK by changing anything but his own isposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1916 - 328 pages
...contentedness. Or, take this from Samuel Johnson: The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs... | |
 | Henry Hardin Cherry - 1926 - 230 pages
...intelligence and integrity. "The fountain of contentment," wrote Johnson, "must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1968 - 400 pages
...find its way to his American elysium. He would, upon the tryal, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and...and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. No. 8. Saturday, 14 April 175o. — Patitur poenas peccandi sola voluntas; Nam scelus intra se tacitum... | |
 | James Boyd White - 1985 - 400 pages
...find its way to his American elysium. He would, upon the tryal, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and...and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. [No. 6] Since religion teaches of an afterlife, true hope toward that end is not only proper but "the... | |
 | Christopher J. P. Smith - 1997 - 394 pages
...find its way to his American elysium. He would, upon the tryal, have been soon convinced, that the fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and...has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek knowledge by changing any thing, but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts,... | |
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