It is a sacred duty to give them no offence whatever, to abstain in their company from all wanton discourses and actions, and to display in their presence benevolence, faith, sincerity, decency and every other virtue ; in short, to con.tribute as much as possible to their improvement; for their ductile and uncorrupted mind is as ready to receive...

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Seite 102 ... nature has impressed on the soul are reasoned away in our enlightened age, which is so carefully cleared of all the rubbish of antiquated prejudices. One of these prejudices is the sense of regard for hoary age. Our youth ripen sooner, grow sooner wise and learned than those of former times did. They repair by diligent reading, particularly of magazines, pamphlets and novels their want of experience and study. This renders them so intelligent as to be able to decide upon subjects which our forefathers... Wird in 6 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 109 It is only necessary to observe, that if children really should have reason to be ashamed of the weakness or the vices of their parents, they will do much better to conceal their defects, as much as possible, than to neglect paying them that external regard which they owe them in many respects. The blessings of Heaven, and the approbation of all good men, are the certain rewards of the attention which sons and daughters pay to the comfort and happiness of their parents. Wird in 6 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 115 Dissimulation is one of the worst expedients that can be adopted for that purpose; but nothing is more efficacious than a certain regard for our own person, and an unremitted care to avoid every thing that can produce bad impressions. I •would therefore advise married... Wird in 6 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 102 Thence arises that noble self-sufficiency, and confidence which inferior geniuses mistake for impudence and arrogance, that consciousness of internal worth with which the beardless boys of our age look down upon old men, and decry every thing that happens to come in their way. Wird in 6 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 109 It is not uncommon in our days to see children neglect their parents, or even treat them ill. The principal ties of human society grow laxer every day ; young men think that their fathers are not wise, entertaining and enlightened enough, and girls yawn in the company of their hoary mother, not reflecting how many tedious hours their parent spent at their cradle in attending and nursing them when they were stretched on a sick bed, or in performing the most... Wird in 6 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 320 ... a man in such a complicated train of crimes and vices, and ruin whole families so completely, as the baneful rage for gambling. It produces and nourishes all imaginable disgraceful sensations ; it is the most fertile nursery of covetousness, envy, rage, malice, dissimulation, falsehood, and foolish reliance on blind fortune ; it frequently leads to fraud, quarrels, murder, forgery, meanness, and despair ; and robs us in the most unpardonable manner of the greatest and most irrecoverable treasure... Wird in 11 Büchern von 1805 bis 2008 erwähnt

Seite 103 ... years may expect nowadays, from his children and grand-children is, kind indulgence, chastening censure, being tutored by them and pitied, because he is so unfortunate as not to have been born in our happy age, in which wisdom rains from heaven, unsown and uncultivated, like manna in the desert. 5 There are many things in this world which can be learnt only by experience; there are sciences which absolutely require close and long study, reiterated reflection and meditation, coolness of temper... Wird in 5 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

Seite 321 ... and despair ; and robs us in the most unpardonable manner of the greatest and most irrecoverable treasure — time. Those that are rich act foolishly in venturing their money in uncertain speculations ; and those that have not much to risk must play with timidity, and cannot long continue play unless the fortune of the game turn, as being obliged to quit the field at the first heavy blow ; or if they stake... Wird in 7 Büchern von 1805 bis 1895 erwähnt

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