I hold that the greatest friend to man is labour; that knowledge without toil, if possible, were worthless; that toil in pursuit of knowledge is the best knowledge we can attain; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it... The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Page 1241847Full view - About this book
| Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1847 - 380 pages
...is the best knowledge we can attain; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth. While occupied with these ideas and this belief, whether right or wrong, and slowly convinced that... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1847 - 300 pages
...the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...forth, the self-denials so imposed ; in a word, that labor and patience are the only true schoolmasters ; and both of them are very much abroad in the presence... | |
| Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1855 - 330 pages
...the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself ; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth. While occupied with these ideas and this belief, whether right or wrong, and slowly convinced that... | |
| Freeman Hunt - Business & Economics - 1856 - 500 pages
...heart which will shed sunshine on adversity, and give a grace to prosperous fortune. "It is not wealth which is deserving of homage, but the virtues which a man exercises in the slow pursuit of wealth—fche abilities so called forth, the self-denials so imposed." I have heard of two brothers,... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 226 pages
...which will shed sunshine on adversity, and give a grace to prosperous fortune. 5. "It is not wealth which is deserving of homage, but the virtues which...abilities so called forth, the self-denials so imposed." I have heard of two brothers, whose father died leaving them five hundred dollars apiece. "I will take... | |
| Education - 1858 - 396 pages
...is the best knowledge we can attain; that the continued effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...forth, the self-denials so imposed : in a word, that Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth.—Bulwer. TRUTH. THE following beautiful illustration... | |
| Education - 1858 - 402 pages
...i» the best knowledge we can attain; that the continued effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...in the slow pursuit of wealth — the abilities so culled forth, the selfdenials so imposed : in a word, that, Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - English fiction - 1874 - 734 pages
...the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...forth, the self-denials so imposed : in a word, that Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth. While occupied with these ideas and this belief,... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1893 - 600 pages
...the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself ; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...forth , the self-denials so imposed : in a word, that labor and patience are the true schoolmasters on earth. While occupied with these ideas and this belief,... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1897 - 504 pages
...is the best knowledge we can attain; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving...and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth. While occupied with these ideas and this belief, whether right or wrong, and slowly convinced that... | |
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