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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... human ignorance, error, superstition, folly, war and waste, recorded by human intelligence for the admonition of wiser ages still to come. Here is the history of man's hunger for truth, goodness and beauty, leading him slowly on ...
... human ignorance, error, superstition, folly, war and waste, recorded by human intelligence for the admonition of wiser ages still to come. Here is the history of man's hunger for truth, goodness and beauty, leading him slowly on ...
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... human rights, but they were not totalitarian. There were many areas of human rights they stayed out of." Even under the czar, he said, a dissident could find work because there was more than one employer. — CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, "Russia ...
... human rights, but they were not totalitarian. There were many areas of human rights they stayed out of." Even under the czar, he said, a dissident could find work because there was more than one employer. — CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, "Russia ...
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... Human Behavior: An Inventory (Berel- son and Steiner), 153, 193 Human depravity, 45, 253-254 Human dignity, 166 Human nature, 45, 141, 248, 254-256, 258,312,396,403,431,440 Human types, 256 Hume, David, 58, 358, 457 An Enquiry ...
... Human Behavior: An Inventory (Berel- son and Steiner), 153, 193 Human depravity, 45, 253-254 Human dignity, 166 Human nature, 45, 141, 248, 254-256, 258,312,396,403,431,440 Human types, 256 Hume, David, 58, 358, 457 An Enquiry ...
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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 |