 | Henry Bannerman - 1871 - Liczba stron: 464
...that in every age this to a great extent is practically true. The wellknown witty saying of Hobbes that " words are the counters of wise men and the money of fools" has been applauded by many who unawares have allowed their minds to be deluded by sounds, through not... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1871 - Liczba stron: 558
...sentiment not Antithetically, so as to be clearly intelligible, except in a much longer sentence. Again, " Words are the Counters of wise men, and the Money of fools ; " * here we have an instance of the combined effect of Antithesis vnd Metaphor in producing increased... | |
 | 1872 - Liczba stron: 752
...which the words of his documents have been subjected. He is fond of quoting Hobbes's inimitable maxim, that words are the counters of wise men and the money of fools. It exactly expresses his own practice. Give him a text which can be fitted into his argument, and ho... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1873 - Liczba stron: 382
...which the words of his documents have been subjected. He is fond of quoting Hobbes's inimitable maxim, that words are the counters of wise men and the money of fools. It exactly expresses his own practice. Give him a text which can be fitted into his argument, and he... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1874 - Liczba stron: 412
...children. If yon wish to enrich a person, study not to increase his stores, but to diminish hia desi roe. Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools. A juggler is a wit in things, and a wit a juggler in words. When we meet an apparent error in a good... | |
 | 1875 - Liczba stron: 122
...upwards or downwards. EXERCISE ON ANTITHESIS. When reason is against a man, he will be against reason. Words"! are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools. — Hobbes. A fool with judges ; among fools a judge. — Camper. Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo.... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1876 - Liczba stron: 492
...syllogism with a text of Scripture for its premiss. He is fond of quoting Hobbes's inimitable maxim that words are the counters of wise men and the money of fools. It is unfortunately applicable to his own practice. The fundamental though unconscious assumption of... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - Liczba stron: 324
...two things contrasted makes their dissimilarity in other respects more striking. For example : — " Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools ; " " Measures, not men; " " When reason is ayainst a man, he will be ayainst reason;" " I do not lice... | |
 | D. M - 1880 - Liczba stron: 126
...who already knows the subject of which the writings treat." Everybody has heard of Hobbes's dictum that Words are the counters of wise men and the money of fools ; and remarks of a similar character are found in the writings of Bacon, Locke, Goethe, Carlyle, and... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - Liczba stron: 228
...many for the gain of a few." " When reason is against a man, he will be against reason." (Hobbes.) " Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools." (Ib.) (Here we have an instance in which the effect of antithesis is heightened by metaphor.) " I do... | |
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