 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 pàgines
...By following such a method, you can rarely hope to please your auditors, conciliate their good-will, or work conviction on those whom you may be desirous...taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot , And in the same poem he afterwards advises us, To speak, though sure, with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pàgines
...such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes " Men must be taught, as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as tilings forgot." He also recommends it to us "To speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence."... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 pàgines
...last. 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falshoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. Without Good-Breeding, truth is disapprov'd; That only makes superior sense belov'd. Be niggards of... | |
 | 1872 - 882 pàgines
...devices of a rhetorician. The " popularity " of a sermon implies the observance of the old rule : " Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot." * Applying the term "popular" in this scientific sense, as comprehending... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pàgines
...last. 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. 575 Without good-breeding truth is disapprov'd ; That only makes superior sense belov'd. Be niggards... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pàgines
...such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes " Men must be taught, as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot." He also recommends it to us "To speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence."... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 pàgines
...such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or to obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes — " Men must be taught, as if you taught them not ; And things unknown, proposed as things forgot." He also recommends it to us — " To speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence."... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1849 - 450 pàgines
...originality, if they wish to employ their talents to the best advantage in the service of mankind. " Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot." t In the observations which I have hitherto made upon emulation, I have... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 pàgines
...opinions, and persuade men into measures, that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting." Men must be taught, as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Franklin early obtained that dominion over his appetite which is so important... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pàgines
...last. 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Without good-breeding, truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense... | |
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. 
