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Literary
March 10, 1787
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A series of aphoristic reflections on topics including good humor as a shield against satire, the value of modesty, wise conversation, avoiding arguments with the unwise, genuine virtues, and the importance of first impressions in company.
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THOUGHTS on several Subjects.
Good humour is the only shield to keep off the darts of the satyrical railer.
If you have a quiver well stored, and are sure of hitting him between the joints of the harness, do not spare him. But you had better not bend your bow than miss your aim.
The modest man is seldom the object of envy.
Think like the wise, but talk like ordinary people.
Never argue with any but men of sense and temper.
Do not dispute against facts well established, merely because there is something unaccountable in them. That the world should be created of nothing, is to us inconceivable, but not therefore to be doubted.
There is no occasion to trample upon the most abject of mankind, nor to stoop meanly to the greatest Prince. Insolence and baseness are equally unmanly.
Too much company is worse than none.
If you have been once in company with an idle person, it is enough. You need never go again. You have heard all he knows. Idle people make no improvements.
Men repent speaking ten times for once that they repent keeping silence.
There is hardly any bodily blemish, which a winning behaviour will not conceal or make tolerable: and there is no external grace, which ill nature, or affectation, will not deform.
If you mean to make your side of an argument appear plainest, do not prejudice people against what is truth, by your passionate manner of defending it.
There is an affected humility more insufferable than downright pride, or hypocrisy is more abominable than libertinism. Take care, that your virtues be genuine and unsophisticated.
It is the concurrence of passions that produces a storm. Let an angry man alone and he will cool of himself.
If you want to gain any man's good opinion, take particular care how you behave the first time you are in company with him. The light you appear in at first, to one who is neither inclinable to think well or ill of you, will strongly prejudice him either for or against you.
In a company of Ladies, do not labour to establish learned points by long winded arguments.-They do not care to take much pains about finding out truth.
If you talk sentences, do not at the same time give yourself a magisterial air in doing it. An easy conversation is the only agreeable one, especially in mixed company.
If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing, which the King upon the throne cannot have.
Good humour is the only shield to keep off the darts of the satyrical railer.
If you have a quiver well stored, and are sure of hitting him between the joints of the harness, do not spare him. But you had better not bend your bow than miss your aim.
The modest man is seldom the object of envy.
Think like the wise, but talk like ordinary people.
Never argue with any but men of sense and temper.
Do not dispute against facts well established, merely because there is something unaccountable in them. That the world should be created of nothing, is to us inconceivable, but not therefore to be doubted.
There is no occasion to trample upon the most abject of mankind, nor to stoop meanly to the greatest Prince. Insolence and baseness are equally unmanly.
Too much company is worse than none.
If you have been once in company with an idle person, it is enough. You need never go again. You have heard all he knows. Idle people make no improvements.
Men repent speaking ten times for once that they repent keeping silence.
There is hardly any bodily blemish, which a winning behaviour will not conceal or make tolerable: and there is no external grace, which ill nature, or affectation, will not deform.
If you mean to make your side of an argument appear plainest, do not prejudice people against what is truth, by your passionate manner of defending it.
There is an affected humility more insufferable than downright pride, or hypocrisy is more abominable than libertinism. Take care, that your virtues be genuine and unsophisticated.
It is the concurrence of passions that produces a storm. Let an angry man alone and he will cool of himself.
If you want to gain any man's good opinion, take particular care how you behave the first time you are in company with him. The light you appear in at first, to one who is neither inclinable to think well or ill of you, will strongly prejudice him either for or against you.
In a company of Ladies, do not labour to establish learned points by long winded arguments.-They do not care to take much pains about finding out truth.
If you talk sentences, do not at the same time give yourself a magisterial air in doing it. An easy conversation is the only agreeable one, especially in mixed company.
If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing, which the King upon the throne cannot have.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Good Humour
Modesty
Conversation
Virtue
Social Behavior
First Impressions
Temperance
Literary Details
Title
Thoughts On Several Subjects.
Key Lines
Good Humour Is The Only Shield To Keep Off The Darts Of The Satyrical Railer.
Think Like The Wise, But Talk Like Ordinary People.
Men Repent Speaking Ten Times For Once That They Repent Keeping Silence.
There Is An Affected Humility More Insufferable Than Downright Pride, Or Hypocrisy Is More Abominable Than Libertinism.
If You Have A Friend That Will Reprove Your Faults And Foibles, Consider You Enjoy A Blessing, Which The King Upon The Throne Cannot Have.