John Armstrong
John Armstrong
dull littles taste
Tis chiefly taste, or blunt, or gross, or fine, Makes life insipid, bestial, or divine. Better be born with taste to little rent Than the dull monarch of a continent; Without this bounty which the gods bestow, Can Fortune make one favorite happy? No.
sea heaven mind
He knows enough, the mariner, who knows Where lurk the shelves, and where the whirlpools boil, What signs portend the storm: to subtler minds He leaves to scan, from what mysterious cause Charybdis rages in the Ionian wave; Whence those impetuous currents in the main Which neither oar nor sail can stem; and why The roughening deep expects the storm, as sure As red Orion mounts the shrouded heaven.
sunshine light luxury
Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants Are few, and without opulence supplied;) This noble end is, to produce the soul; To show the virtues in their fairest light; To make humanity the minister Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast The generous luxury the gods enjoy.
empires thrones weight
Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight.
views imagination demand
Imagination paints a charming view of the future, conveniently adapted to the demands of our current emotion.
hopeful firsts action
Hope is the first thing to take some sort of action.
serenity way causes
Money can purchase the symbols but not the causes of serenity and buoyancy. In a straightforward way we must agree that money cannot buy happiness.
summer autumn rays
Autumn ripens in the summer's ray.
priorities balls jugglers
You don't ask a juggler which ball is highest in priority. Success is to do it all.
anger eye sea
For pale and trembling anger rushes in With faltering speech, and eyes that wildly stare, Fierce as the tiger, madder than the seas, Desperate and armed with more than human strength.
ideas desire use
Sometimes pantheists will use the term "pandeism" to underscore that they share with the deists the idea that God is not a personal God who desires to be worshipped.
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addressing environmental great issues pride quickly
We take great pride in our environmental stewardship and are addressing these issues as quickly as possible.
against bay chronicle competition east industry position strong trend
We bucked the industry trend and are maintaining a strong circulation story, ... We are strengthening our position against our competition in the East Bay ... the Chronicle and the Alameda newspapers.