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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... EARTH AND THE STARS The earth is not at the center of the sun's orbit, nor at the center of the universe, but rather in the center of companion elements, and in union with them. Anyone standing on the moon, when it and the sun are both ...
... EARTH AND THE STARS The earth is not at the center of the sun's orbit, nor at the center of the universe, but rather in the center of companion elements, and in union with them. Anyone standing on the moon, when it and the sun are both ...
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... earth would light the moon as the moon lights us The earth is a star much like the moon. If you look at the stars, cutting off their rays (by looking through a very small hole made with a very fine needle, placed so as almost to touch ...
... earth would light the moon as the moon lights us The earth is a star much like the moon. If you look at the stars, cutting off their rays (by looking through a very small hole made with a very fine needle, placed so as almost to touch ...
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... earth. But because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou, who doest it with a great fleet, art called Emperor." — ST. AUGUSTINE A king is an ordinary kind of man who has to live in a very extraordinary kind of way ...
... earth. But because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou, who doest it with a great fleet, art called Emperor." — ST. AUGUSTINE A king is an ordinary kind of man who has to live in a very extraordinary kind of way ...
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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 |