“Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in a lively representation of ideas assembled together, gives every sensible object those heightening touches, and that striking imagery, which is unknown to men of slower apprehensions: wit being to sensible objects, what light is to bodies; it does not merely show them as they are in themselves: it gives an adventitious colour, which is not a property inherent in them: it lends them beauties which are not their own.” MenGivingDoeIdeasShowsBodyLightTogetherTurnsObjectsPropertyWitSuperiorsColourSensibleInherentRepresentationImageryLivelyApprehensionWrong TurnVivacity Author:Jeremiah Seed
“Filial obedience is the first and greatest requisite of a state; by this we become good subjects to our emperors, capable of behaving with just subordination to our superiors, and grateful dependents on heaven; by this we become fonder of marriage, in order to be capable of exacting obedience from others in our turn; by this we become good magistrates, for early submission is the truest lesson to those who would learn to rule. By this the whole state may be said to resemble one family.” FirstsMaySaidStatesWholeOrderTurnsHeavenSubjectsLessonsCapableGratefulSuperiorsObedienceSubmissionEmperorTruestMagistratesSubordinationFilial Book:Miscellaneous Works Including a Variety of Pieces Now First Collected by James Prior Source: Miscellaneous Works Including a Variety of Pieces Now First Collected by James Prior
“There is a hint of despair in the cry of 'I told you so,' an element of disappointment in the apparent satisfaction when idols turn out to have clay feet. The human race, when it thinks it has proved that no one is superior, is partly gratified and partly depressed.” ThinkingHumansTurnsRaceFeetCryDespairElementsDisappointmentSatisfactionSuperiorsHuman RaceIdolsClayHintsTold You So Author:Alice Thomas Ellis