To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation... The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 233by John Kelman - 1903 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charities - 1913 - 632 pages
...hardy vessel still glittered and, untarnished beneath, Stevenson's lines: "To be honest, to be kind ... to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be...all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself—here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy." Two hours later the mayor... | |
| Agnes Bowes Hall - 1914 - 456 pages
..."Dennison!" The crickets chirped and the leaves of the old apple trees swayed softly beneath her window. " 'To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less,' that is the best of life." Mrs. Kell was determined that "the night Mrs. Kell was married," was to... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1915 - 656 pages
...had been carved on the memorial in Portsmouth Square : "To be honest ; to be kind ; to earn a little, to spend a little less ; to make upon the whole a...without capitulation ; above all on the same grim conditions to keep friends with himself— here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy."... | |
| Child care - 1915 - 498 pages
...a-sorrowing," said Poor Richard. Writing of his ideal of n perfect life, Robert Louis Stevenson said : "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less ; to make, on the whole, a family happier by his presence; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to... | |
| Edward Harlan Webster - Advertising - 1916 - 456 pages
...in regard to common conversation as to read naturally is in regard to common speech. WHJJAM HAZLITT To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, 'to keep few friends, but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim... | |
| Amy Armour Smith - Operating room nursing - 1916 - 322 pages
...INDEX 289 OPERATING ROOM CHAPTER I OPERATING-ROOM PUPILS "A task! — To be honest, to be kind; ... to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered; to keep a few friends, and these without capitulation; above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself;... | |
| Electronic journals - 1918 - 528 pages
...Pessinuntian : in origin and principle. mandments. " To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and spend a little less, to make (upon the whole) a family...to renounce when that shall be necessary, and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends but those without capitulation, — above all, on the same... | |
| Percy Frazer Smith - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1918 - 352 pages
...be my symphony. — William Henry Channing. A TASK. TO BE honest, to be kind; to earn a little and spend a little less; to make upon the whole a family...; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered ; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation ; above all, on the same grim... | |
| Child rearing - 1919 - 464 pages
...a-sorrowing," said Poor Richard. Writing of his ideal of я perfect life, Robert Louis Stevenson said : "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less ; to make, on the whole, a family happier by his presence ; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to... | |
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