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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ... - Page 17
by Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 224 pages
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The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...will leave you in a tranquil possession of your errors. By following such a method, you can rarely hope to please your auditors, conciliate their good will, or work conviction on those whom you may be desirous of gaining over to your views. Pope judiciously observes, Men must be taught as if you...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes, Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. He also recommends it to us, To speak tho' sure, with seeming diffidence. And he might have joined...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 41

British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do: Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Without good breeding truth is disapproved; That only makes superior sense beloved. Fear not the anger...
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The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; Together ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...will leave you in a tranquil possession of your errors. By following such a method, you can rarely hope to please your auditors, conciliate their good will, or work conviction on those whom you may be desirous of gaining over to your views. Pope judiciously observes, Men must be taught as if you...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...'Tie not enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Hen must he taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Without good-breeding truth is disapproved; That only makes superior sense beloved. Be niggards of...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do : Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Without good-breeding truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense beloved. Be niggards of...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...create opposition, and to defeat most of the purposes for which speech was given to us." Men tnnst be taught as if you taught them not. And things unknown proposed as things forgot. So long as this can be fairly reconciled with sincerity, this advice may be attended to ; but this...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...enough your counsel still be true : Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Sien must be agination with far greater force than the solitude of a grove. This piece was, h Without good breeding truth is disapproved: That only makes superior sense beloved. Be niggards of...
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Literary Port Folio, Issues 1-26

1830 - 222 pages
...immoveably fixed on the only tru'k and solid good •"' ' ' -4k1 COBRETT r». WELLINGTON. " Men should be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot." • Dr. Franklin lays-great stress upon this prudent course. Perhaps there may be something in Cobbott's...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes, Men must be taught ai if you taught them not. And things unknown proposed as things forgot. He also recommends it to us, To speak, tho' sure, with seeming diffidence And he might have joined...
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