Infinite riches: gems from a lifetime of readingMcGraw-Hill, 1979 - 588 páginas Elizabeth I's last great speech, an account of Marco Polo's return to Venice, and writings by Mencken, Wilde, and Twain are among the selections included in a collection of excerpts that represents Rosten's lifelong love for the printed word |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 19
Página 167
... Albert Einstein has called forth a greater revolution in thought than even Copernicus, Galileo, or Newton. — LORD HALDANE One could easily have been tempted to portray him as an oversensitive man, who trembles at the very mention of ...
... Albert Einstein has called forth a greater revolution in thought than even Copernicus, Galileo, or Newton. — LORD HALDANE One could easily have been tempted to portray him as an oversensitive man, who trembles at the very mention of ...
Página 227
... ALBERT EINSTEIN It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles. Mankind have even committed the impiety of ...
... ALBERT EINSTEIN It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles. Mankind have even committed the impiety of ...
Página 551
... Albert Einstein for excerpts from Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein. Copyright 1950 the Philosophical Library, courtesy the Estate of Albert Einstein. Encounter, Ltd., for excerpts © 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976 from ...
... Albert Einstein for excerpts from Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein. Copyright 1950 the Philosophical Library, courtesy the Estate of Albert Einstein. Encounter, Ltd., for excerpts © 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976 from ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
A. J. P. TAYLOR ALBERT EINSTEIN American ARISTOTLE BAMBER GASCOIGNE beauty believe BENJAMIN BERTRAND RUSSELL Capitalism century Chinese Christian civilization Copyright court death democracy dream earth economic enemy England English Essays Europe everything excerpts existence experience eyes face fact faith feel freedom G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE GEORGE MIKES H. L. MENCKEN hand happy head human ideas imagination JAMES Jews JOHN King knew LASSWELL Lenin LEONARD MOSLEY letter liberty Lincoln live look Lord MARK TWAIN means mind modern moral Napoleon nation nature never night palace passion peace person philosopher political reason religion revolution Roman sense sexual SIGMUND FREUD slave social society speech Stalin talk things THOMAS THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion truth turn Venice VOLTAIRE WINSTON CHURCHILL women words young
Referencias a este libro
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |