 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1842 - Страниц: 958
...— he felt above them. Mejnour, seated beside his disciple, thus ad* dressed him : — VOI.. II. i " Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's...torches, that Providence had been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy has corrected this delusion... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1842 - Страниц: 206
...them. * Paracelsus, De Nat. Her., lib. L Mejnour, seated beside his disciple, thus addressed him: " Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's...torches that Providence had been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy has corrected this delusion... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - Страниц: 394
...protection. The Fool of Quality, Chapter iv.— H. BROOKE. MAN. Arrogance and Ignorance in relation to Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's...petty candles, the household torches, that Providence has been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1877 - Страниц: 688
...imagination. " Man is arrogant in proportion of his ignorance," he makes the wise Mejnour say to Glyndon. " For several ages he saw in the countless worlds that...bubbles of a shoreless ocean, only the petty candles . . . that Providence has been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1877 - Страниц: 696
...imagination. " Man is arrogant in proportion of his ignorance," he makes the wise Mejnour say to Glyndon. " For several ages he saw in the countless worlds that...bubbles of a shoreless ocean, only the petty candles . . . that Providence has been pleased to light lor no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - Страниц: 704
...of the flesh, — he felt above them. Mejnour, seated beside his disciple, thus addressed him: — " Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's...torches, that Providence had been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy has corrected this delusion... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1901 - Страниц: 480
...wants of the flesh — he felt above them. Mejnour, seated beside his disciple, thus addressed him: " Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's...torches, that Providence had been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy has corrected this delusion... | |
 | 1917 - Страниц: 626
...imagination. He makes the wise Mejnour say to Glyndon: Man is arrogant in proportion of his ignorance. For several ages he saw in the countless worlds that...bubbles of a shoreless ocean, only the petty candles . . . that Providence has been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - Страниц: 252
...Mazzini. .•*• ** AN is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is toward egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks...candles, the household torches, that Providence had beenpleasedtolight for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. Astronomy has... | |
 | Lawrence Arthur Hartley - 1928 - Страниц: 386
...Bulwer Lytton said: * "Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is toward egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks...torches, that Providence had been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man. As a Little Child 2 "Astronomy has... | |
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Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him. For several ages he saw in the countless worlds that sparkle through space like the bubbles... 
