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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... greatest in distress ; and then be- comes more bright and conspicuous.- Plutarch . In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us . - Rochefoucauld . Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from ...
... greatest in distress ; and then be- comes more bright and conspicuous.- Plutarch . In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us . - Rochefoucauld . Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from ...
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... your anger and grief , than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved . - Marcus Antoninus The greatest remedy for anger is de- lay . - Seneca . Wise anger is like fire from the flint ; there ANGELS ANGER 23.
... your anger and grief , than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved . - Marcus Antoninus The greatest remedy for anger is de- lay . - Seneca . Wise anger is like fire from the flint ; there ANGELS ANGER 23.
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... greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth , and to have it found out by accident . - Lamb . Beneficence is a duty ; and he who frequently practises it , and sees his be- nevolent intentions realized comes , at length ...
... greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth , and to have it found out by accident . - Lamb . Beneficence is a duty ; and he who frequently practises it , and sees his be- nevolent intentions realized comes , at length ...
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... greatest bless- ings bestowed by God on the children of men . It has God for its author ; sal- vation for its end , and truth without any mixture for its matter . - It is all pure , all sincere ; nothing too much ; nothing wanting ...
... greatest bless- ings bestowed by God on the children of men . It has God for its author ; sal- vation for its end , and truth without any mixture for its matter . - It is all pure , all sincere ; nothing too much ; nothing wanting ...
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... greatest boasters are the smallest workers . The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks , and yet empty themselves with less noise . - W . Secker . With all his tumid boasts , he's like the sword - fish , who ...
... greatest boasters are the smallest workers . The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks , and yet empty themselves with less noise . - W . Secker . With all his tumid boasts , he's like the sword - fish , who ...
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