 | James Wells - 1909 - 526 стор.
...speech.'—' /Equaniaitas,' by William Os1er, MD ' It is an incontrovertible truth that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.'—Deo* Swift. ' Give me patience to labour at details as much as if they were the highest work.... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 468 стор.
...other company. Swift once said : " It is an uncontroverted truth, that no man ever made an ill-figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them." Many persons, however, are readier to take measure of the capacity of others than of themselves. "... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1913 - 522 стор.
...with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled truth that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, etc. APPENDIX VIII THE "COUNTERFEIT" LETTER TO QUEEN CAROLINE Dublin, June 22, 1731. MADAM,1... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 824 стор.
...distinctions which were unattainable. ' It is an uncontrolled truth,' says Swift, ' that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.' Every day brings with it fresh illustrations of this weighty saying ; but the best commentary that... | |
 | Rutherford B. Hayes - 1922 - 612 стор.
...(considering how partial I must be) ; and Macaulay says : "It is an undisputed fact that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them." The idea that I have an unusual degree of talent (which I am afraid you fondly imagine) is little short... | |
 | Ohio Historical Society - 1922 - 610 стор.
...(considering how partial I must be) ; and Macaulay says: "It is an undisputed fact that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them." The idea that I have an unusual degree of talent (which I am afraid you fondly imagine) is little short... | |
 | William Kirby - 1927 - 372 стор.
...with a quotation, possibly from Dean Swift: "It is an uncontrolled truth that no man ever madte an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them." This is not the time or place to speak of William Kirby's place in Canadian Literature, either as poet,... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1897 - 370 стор.
...knowledge." reputation. " It is an uncontrollable truth," says Swift, " that no man ever made a bad figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them," and just here is where Dr. Hartshorne most likely displayed wisdom. He early studied his disposition,... | |
 | Alfred Edward Housman - 1969 - 64 стор.
...to that business he stuck: and 'it is an uncontrolled truth', says Swift, ' that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them'. These three scholars, Kennedy, Munro, and Mayor, were typical examples of what was known in the middle... | |
 | 1902 - 538 стор.
...square holes as he would shun falsehood and dishonor. It has been well said that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.—Success. SOME FEATURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. BY ELDER ALMA 0. TAYLOR, MISSIONARY TO JAPAN. (Concluded.)... | |
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It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, " that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. 
