Category: English Essays
The golden age is not behind us but before us In the first instance, let us be very clear in the conception of the golden age’. A golden age …
Haste makes waste Haste and rashness are almost always negative and destructive. They break health; they wreck business. “Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.” The way of …
Death All, who have gone before you, have submitted to the stroke of death: all who after you shall undergo the same fate—the great and the good, the prince …
No man is completely happy So many and so varied are the evils that beset us in life, and so much are we dependent for our happiness on circumstances …
Honesty is the best policy Experience has shown that honesty is a virtue which is commendable even from a business point of view, although the man who acts honestly, …
Make hay while the sun shines The work of a farmer depends almost entirely on the weather. But this is a very uncertain factor, and he has, accordingly, to …
To err is human, to forgive divine Every man commits mistakes. It would be hard to find a man, however great or wise, who never made a mistake in …
Forgiveness is the noblest revenge It is a general human, even animal tendency, to harm him who harms us. When someone strikes us, we try to strike back. Retaliation …
