The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Arranged by SubjectsBritkin, 1927 - 724 páginas |
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... Chesterfield . No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity , a patron , and even the praises of a friend to recommend them to the notice of the world . - Pliny . Some persons of weak ...
... Chesterfield . No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity , a patron , and even the praises of a friend to recommend them to the notice of the world . - Pliny . Some persons of weak ...
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... Chesterfield . Aim at the sun , and you may not reach it ; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself . - J . Hawes . Resolved to live with all my might while I do live , and as I shall wish I ...
... Chesterfield . Aim at the sun , and you may not reach it ; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself . - J . Hawes . Resolved to live with all my might while I do live , and as I shall wish I ...
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... Chesterfield . Antiquity ! —I like its ruins better than its reconstructions . - Joubert . Time consecrates and what is gray with age becomes religion . - Schiller . Antiquity is enjoyed not by the ancients who lived in the infancy of ...
... Chesterfield . Antiquity ! —I like its ruins better than its reconstructions . - Joubert . Time consecrates and what is gray with age becomes religion . - Schiller . Antiquity is enjoyed not by the ancients who lived in the infancy of ...
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... Chesterfield . No man can be provident of his time , who is not prudent in the choice of his company . Jeremy Taylor . A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire : not too near , lest he burn ; nor too far off , lest ...
... Chesterfield . No man can be provident of his time , who is not prudent in the choice of his company . Jeremy Taylor . A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire : not too near , lest he burn ; nor too far off , lest ...
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... Chesterfield . Few things are impracticable in them- selves : and it is for want of application , rather than of means , that men fail of success . - Rochefoucauld . Attention makes the genius ; all learn- ing , fancy , science , and ...
... Chesterfield . Few things are impracticable in them- selves : and it is for want of application , rather than of means , that men fail of success . - Rochefoucauld . Attention makes the genius ; all learn- ing , fancy , science , and ...
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