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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... Edwards . It is not he who gives abuse that af- fronts , but the view that we take of it as insulting ; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is pro- voking . - Epictetus . When certain persons abuse us let us ask ...
... Edwards . It is not he who gives abuse that af- fronts , but the view that we take of it as insulting ; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is pro- voking . - Epictetus . When certain persons abuse us let us ask ...
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... Edwards . A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called old for the first time.-O. W. Holmes . Old men's eyes are like old men's memories ; they are strongest for things a long way off . - George Eliot . No wise man ...
... Edwards . A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called old for the first time.-O. W. Holmes . Old men's eyes are like old men's memories ; they are strongest for things a long way off . - George Eliot . No wise man ...
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... Edwards . Have a purpose in life , and having it , throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you . -Carlyle . The man who seeks one , and but one , thing in life may hope to achieve it ; but he who seeks all ...
... Edwards . Have a purpose in life , and having it , throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you . -Carlyle . The man who seeks one , and but one , thing in life may hope to achieve it ; but he who seeks all ...
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... Edwards . Do not anticipate trouble , or worry about what may never happen . Keep in the sunlight . - Franklin . Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions , than ruined by too con- fident security . — Burke . How much have cost ...
... Edwards . Do not anticipate trouble , or worry about what may never happen . Keep in the sunlight . - Franklin . Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions , than ruined by too con- fident security . — Burke . How much have cost ...
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... Edwards . Let us be of good cheer , remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.-J. R. Lowell . Anxiety is the poison of human life ; the parent of many sins and of more miseries . In a world where ...
... Edwards . Let us be of good cheer , remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.-J. R. Lowell . Anxiety is the poison of human life ; the parent of many sins and of more miseries . In a world where ...
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