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The American Chesterfield, Or, Way to Wealth, Honour, and Distinction; Being Selections from the Letters of Lord Chesterfield to His Son; And Extracts from Other Eminent Authors, on the Subject of Politeness; With Alterations and

The American Chesterfield, Or, Way to Wealth, Honour, and Distinction; Being Selections from the Letters of Lord Chesterfield to His Son; And Extracts from Other Eminent Authors, on the Subject of Politeness; With Alterations and


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: whereas, a lie is troublesome; it seta a man's invention on the rack, and one lie needs a freat many more, to make it good. It is like uilding on a false foundation, which constantly stands in need of props, to keep it up; and proves, at last, more chargeable, than to have raised a substantial building, at first, upon a solid foundation. Add to this, the liar is the last mao to know that he is found out and is in deep disgrace, for years, before he is aware. ENVY. Short-sighted envy there maintains her post, Andshakes her flaming brand, and stalks around the coast. Now, that we are upon the subject of the creeping vices, let me caution you against Envy; which consists in feeling pained at the prosperity of another. This unhappy disposition, if you encourage it, will do more to degrade you, and render you wretched, than al the other passions and vices together. Th envious man is in pain, upon all occasions thaf ought to give him pleasure. The relish of his life is inverted; and the objects which admin ister the highest satisfaction, to those who are. exempt from this passion, give the sharpest pangs to persons who are subject to it. All the perfections of their fellow creatures are odious . ? youth, beauty, valonr, and wisdom, are provocations of their displeasure. The condition of the envious man, cannot but be emphatically miserable. He is not onlyincapable of rejoicing at another's merit or success, but lives in a world where all mankind are in a plot against his quiet, by studying their own happiness. Their reliefs show their torments. They do not aim at rivalling the envied person, by honourable exertions, but cast dust in the eyes of their competitor, or trip up his heels in the race; ana feast, with a rancorous rapture, on those blemishes, which the exce...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217564946
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217564941
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 159 gr


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