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" ... flattery; forego the gracious pressure of the hand, for which others cringe and crawl. Wrap yourself in your own virtue, and seek a friend, and your daily bread. If you have, in such a course, grown gray with unblenched honour, bless God, and die. "
Fragments from German Prose Writers. Translated by S. Austin. Illustrated ... - Page 40
by German prose writers, Sarah AUSTIN - 1841 - 359 pages
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Fragments from German Prose Writers

English literature - 1841 - 376 pages
...claustral solitude, the eldest monastery of western Christendom, — S. Benedict! ejusque sororis Stae Scolasticse virginis. Thirteen centuries bear witness...gracious pressure of the hand, for which others cringe arid crawl. Wrap yourself in your own virtue, and seek a friend, and your daily bread. If you have,...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 25

Periodicals - 1844 - 288 pages
...poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. [LONGFELLOW'S Trantlation of Coplat dt Manrique.] BE and continue poor, young man, •while others around...without place or power, while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of their s by flattery...
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The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts ..., Volume 1

Missouri - 1848 - 718 pages
...the following words of earnest exhortation, which I borrow from a German author, I say to you — " Be and continue poor, young man, while others around...without place or power, while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flattery;...
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Eliza Cook's Journal, Volume 3

Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 pages
...posterity will be called upon to pronounce its verdict upon their merits. SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-DEPENDENCE. Be, and continue poor, young man, while others around...without place or power, while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flattery;...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 28

Commerce - 1853 - 802 pages
...young man," says a noble German writer, " while others around you grow rich by fraud and dishonor ; be without place or power, while others beg their...bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while others accomplish theirs by flattery ; forego that for which others creep aud cringe. Wrap yourself in your...
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The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volume 1

C. Gough - 1853 - 428 pages
...lordship, whose unwished yoke My soul consents not to give sovereignty. SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-DEPENDENCY. BE and continue poor, young man, while others around you grow rich by fraud, and disloyalty ; he without place or power, while others heg their way upwards ; hear the pain of disappointed hopes,...
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Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 15

1860 - 908 pages
...matured and studious perhaps, but still the same brave, sturdy, hearty, honest English lad. ADVICE. Вв and continue poor young man, while others around you grow rich by fraud and dishonesty ; bear the pain of defeated hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flattery...
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Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c

Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. — Shakespere. Be and continue poor, young man, while others around...without place or power, while others beg their way upwards ; bear th« pain of disappointed hop^s, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flattery...
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Many thoughts of many minds. Compiled by H. Southgate

Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...HONOUR— Career ot Be and continue poor, young man, whil-.' others around you grow rich by fraud ;ma ters of music shall be brought low ; also, when they shall be afraid of that which is hig от" disappointed hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by flatten-; forego the gracious...
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The Tuftonian, Volume 26

1900 - 286 pages
...to him at his time of leaving, were to be made, it would be this : "Be, and continue poor, my son, while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty. Be without place and power, while others beg their way upward. Bear the pains of disappointed hopes, while others gain...
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