 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1799 - 200 pages
...perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend—who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to... | |
 | Ireland - 1841 - 436 pages
...perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do tint, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend—who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan—and veers, like a weathercock,... | |
 | 1843 - 540 pages
...by being our servants; they sometimes end by becoming masters, and tyrannical masters they are. 5. Beware, on the other hand, of frequent changes in...suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter- suggestion of a friend; who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, and from plan to plan, and... | |
 | Ireland - 1843 - 450 pages
...perpetually hesitating which of two* things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first...who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan—and veers, like a weathercock, to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that... | |
 | Education - 1843 - 798 pages
...db "There is," says Wittenbach, "no business, no avocation, whatever, which will not permit aman who to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend; who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, and from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass with every breath... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 346 pages
...by being our servants ; they sometimes end by becoming masters, and tyrannical masters they are. 5. Beware, on the other hand, of frequent changes in...sin of young persons. " The man who resolves," says Win, " but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend ; who fluctuates... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1849 - 580 pages
...fool than is sometimes a mere scholar.' ...... ,,'f take care,' says one of the profoundest and most hand, of frequent changes in your plan of study. This is the besetting sin of young persons. ' No, take your course wisely, but firmly,' says Wirt, ' and having taken it. hold upon it with heroic... | |
 | 1849 - 580 pages
...alteration would contribute to the healthy and improving action of the mind Beware, on the other hand, o( frequent changes in your plan of study. This is the besetting sin of young persons. ' No, take your course wisely, but firmly,' says Wirt, • and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...may not be altered, when alteration would contribute to the healthy and improving action of the mind Beware, on the other hand, of frequent changes in...study. This is the besetting sin of young persons. ' No. take your course wisely, but firmly,1 says Wirt, ' and having taken it. hold upon it with heroic... | |
 | Business - 1859 - 188 pages
...perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend—who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to... | |
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The man who resolves," says Win, " but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend ; who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass with every... 
