 The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger.  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 79edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...bind us to character — to good or evil here, and to heaven or hell hereafter. LIVING, MODE OF. — The man, who will live above his present circumstances,...time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb says, " The man who lives by hope will die by despair." — Addison. LONGEVITY. — Longevity ought... | |
 | 1853 - 756 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances...living in a little time much beneath them; or, as ihe Italian proverb runs, "The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger." It should be an indispensable... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...live within the compass of what we actually possess. 1 In the sense of reimburse. — C. No. 195.] SPECTATOR. 471 It will be time enough to enjoy an estate... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin, ^he man who will live above his present circumstances,...live within the compass of what we actually possess. i Tn tbo sense of reimburse. — C. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1854 - 618 pages
...grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above Ifis present circumstances, is in great danger of living...expectations, to live within the compass of what we actually possesa 1 In the sense of reimburse. — C. 1 So. 115.] SPECTATOR. 471 It will be time enough to enjoy... | |
 | Devotional literature, English - 1855 - 488 pages
...parts without probity or honour. It should be an indispensable rule in life, to limit our expenses to our present condition; and whatever may be our...live within the compass of what we actually possess. If the principles of the Christian religion were well rooted in the hearts of all mankind, what excellent... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...expectations, to live within the compass of what we actually posses* 1 In the sense of reimburse. — C. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in_beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...expectations, to live within the compass of what we actually possesa It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...Springs into sense, and every action's thought ; Before such merit all objections fly. Churchill. DCXXXIL The man, who will live above his present circumstances,...time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb says, " The man whs lives by hope will die by danger." — Adduon, Dcxxxni. As Rochefoucault his maxims... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of the minstrel and the page of the chronicler. 'THE man who will live above his present circumstances,...danger of living in a little time much beneath them. Utbfng toelL — Fuller. TTE lives long that lives well ; and Time misspent, is not lived, but lost.... | |
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