 | 1844
...way of getting out of it, and there is no real degradation in this. ' For a man to own himself wrong, is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday,' and that he wishes and intends to be a better man too. So the wisest of men advises us, and he was... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 372 pages
...them, to help and regulate the motion of the finer and more useful parts. Acknowledgment of Error. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Disputation. What Tully says of war may be applied to disputing ; it... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 320 pages
...who has a soul. 4. A man should not be ashamed to own, that he has been in the wrong / which is only saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 5. The love of truth and goodness, is the beat passion we can indulge. 6. A woman?a life, is the history... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 384 pages
...who has a soul. 4. A man should not be ashamed to own, that he has been in the wrong; which is only saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday- 5. The love of truth and goodies*, is the best passion we can indulge. 6. A woman* life, is the history... | |
 | Materials - 1846
...hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection. — Burhe. Error. — A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. Dili. Of Punishments. — There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves : but it... | |
 | Rose Ellen Temple - 1846
...sins of the father upon the off-spring— " Alice Leminffton is my muck-neglected child." CHAPTER XV. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. POPE'S Reflections. To describe Lord Cunnington's feelings, when Lord Sevridge ceased to speak, would... | |
 | 1846
...instructing the last as any that has preceded it. SWP TRUE WISDOM. A MAN should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. PROFITLESS CUKIOSITY. AVOID him who, from mere curiosity, asks three questions running about... | |
 | Bits - 1847 - 72 pages
...shall at any time sink, the building must needs follow.—fiord Burleigh. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ERROR. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.—Pope. ON WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY. I lov'd thee once, I'll love no more, Thine be the grief... | |
 | 1847
...southern ocean, accompanying ships for whole days -without ever resting on the waves. A man ought never to be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. SWIFT. DETRACTION is among those vices which the most languid virtue... | |
 | 1744
...have a similar account to settle. OWNING OUR ERRORS. — A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that ' he is wiser to day than he was yeaterday. FINDING OUT OUR OWN FAULTS.— He who was never wise enough to find out... | |
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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 
