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Unless above himself he can
Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!
To the Countess of Cumberland. S. DANIEL.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
Paradise Lost, Bk. I. MILTON.
Sure, He that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason,
To fust in us unused.
Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice,
Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice.
The Vanity of Human Wishes. DR. S. JOHNSON.
How small, of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
Still to ourselves in every place consigned,
Our own felicity we make or find.
With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Lines added to Goldsmith's Traveller. DR. S. JOHNSON.
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts!
Paracelsus. R. BROWNING.
Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind's the standard of the man.
Horæ Lyricæ, Bk. II.: False Greatness. DR. I. WATTS.
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise;
His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies.
Moral Essays, Epistle I. A. POPE.