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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... MEANS If the ends don't justify the means, what can? — JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES THE ENEMY Hostile impulses arouse guilt feelings because society has INFINITE RICHES 173.
... MEANS If the ends don't justify the means, what can? — JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES THE ENEMY Hostile impulses arouse guilt feelings because society has INFINITE RICHES 173.
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... means, by secret mines and tortuous ways, all made without noise, to reach a designated spot even if it be needed to pass under a trench or river. (6) I will make covered chariots which are safe from any attack, and which, entering ...
... means, by secret mines and tortuous ways, all made without noise, to reach a designated spot even if it be needed to pass under a trench or river. (6) I will make covered chariots which are safe from any attack, and which, entering ...
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... Means to His End . . . The power of politics to put things right in this world is not unlimited There are inherent limitations on what may be achieved by political means The aim of politics, as of all else, is the good life. But the ...
... Means to His End . . . The power of politics to put things right in this world is not unlimited There are inherent limitations on what may be achieved by political means The aim of politics, as of all else, is the good life. But the ...
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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 |