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 |
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... democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustices makes democracy necessary. — REINHOLD NIEBUHR, Immoral Society and Rational Man If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation ...
... democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustices makes democracy necessary. — REINHOLD NIEBUHR, Immoral Society and Rational Man If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation ...
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... democracy As a product of this slow, organic growth . . . representative government and constitutionalism may come to flourish. In placing first emphasis on democracy, the New Frontiersmen [of John F. Kennedy] neglected what they had ...
... democracy As a product of this slow, organic growth . . . representative government and constitutionalism may come to flourish. In placing first emphasis on democracy, the New Frontiersmen [of John F. Kennedy] neglected what they had ...
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... Democracies DEMOCRACY AND SNOBBERY One of the reasons why the nobles [of Venice] lasted as long as they did was their instinct for democracy among themselves. Venice must be the only state in history to have made snobbery illegal. You ...
... Democracies DEMOCRACY AND SNOBBERY One of the reasons why the nobles [of Venice] lasted as long as they did was their instinct for democracy among themselves. Venice must be the only state in history to have made snobbery illegal. You ...
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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
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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 |