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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... nature were not base, but thoroughly honorable, we should in every debate have no other aim than the discovery of ... nature cannot be changed." No one can say whether this is true or not without first defining "human nature ...
... nature were not base, but thoroughly honorable, we should in every debate have no other aim than the discovery of ... nature cannot be changed." No one can say whether this is true or not without first defining "human nature ...
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... NATURE It is hard to know whether nature is a kind parent or a harsh stepmother. — PLINY THE ELDER Nature does nothing uselessly. — ARISTOTLE God made the beauties of nature like a child playing in the sand. — APOLLONIUS OF TYANA, c. 70 ...
... NATURE It is hard to know whether nature is a kind parent or a harsh stepmother. — PLINY THE ELDER Nature does nothing uselessly. — ARISTOTLE God made the beauties of nature like a child playing in the sand. — APOLLONIUS OF TYANA, c. 70 ...
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... nature! But he was never miserable. — W. H. HUDSON, Birds in Town and Village NEIGHBORS We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbor. Hence he comes to us clad in all the careless terrors of nature; he ...
... nature! But he was never miserable. — W. H. HUDSON, Birds in Town and Village NEIGHBORS We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbor. Hence he comes to us clad in all the careless terrors of nature; he ...
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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 |