 | John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 páginas
...(CW2, 125 and 127). But from where are such assurances made? An early line holds a partial answer: "The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with laws of nature and morals" (CW2, 117). A second occurs in "Compensation": "All things are moral. That... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1903 - 274 páginas
...Fortune, good or ill, does not change men and women. It but develops their character. — Thackeray. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...one web with the laws of Nature and of morals.— Emerson. An Old Scots Burgh. N ancient times burghs were usually held either off the 8overei,-n or... | |
 | 1911 - 544 páginas
...friendships do not blossom suddenly in four or five weeks. Emerson in his essay on Friendship says "Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit, to suck a sudden sweetness. We snatch at the... | |
 | 1846 - 438 páginas
...him, we find small prepossession towards one who has dissipated a cherished illusion. — Anon. Оив friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions, because...instead of the tough fibre of the human heart. The la\vs of friendship arc great, austere, and eternal, of one web with the laws of morals and of nature.... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 páginas
...for curiosity, and not for life. They are not to be indulged. This is to weave cobweb, and not cloth. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions...a texture of wine and dreams instead of the tough fiber of the human heart. The laws of friendship are great, austere, and eternal, of one web with the... | |
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Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions, because we have made them a texture of wine and dreams, instead of the tough fibre of the human heart. 
