The New Dictionary of ThoughtsRavenio Books, 2015 M01 19 A cyclopedia of quotations from the best authors of the world, both ancient and modern, alphabetically arranged by subjects. |
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... George Eliot. No wise man ever wished to be younger.—Swift. To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us. —Hazlitt. Years do not make sages; they only make old men.—Mad. Swetchine. Every one desires to live ...
... George Eliot. No wise man ever wished to be younger.—Swift. To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us. —Hazlitt. Years do not make sages; they only make old men.—Mad. Swetchine. Every one desires to live ...
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... George Eliot. It is, indeed, a blessing, when the virtues of noble races are hereditary.— Nabb. How poor are all hereditary honors, those poor possessions from another's deeds, unless our own just virtues form our title, and give a ...
... George Eliot. It is, indeed, a blessing, when the virtues of noble races are hereditary.— Nabb. How poor are all hereditary honors, those poor possessions from another's deeds, unless our own just virtues form our title, and give a ...
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... George Eliot. Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes.—What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.—Seneca. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and ran to meet that he would most avoid?—Milton ...
... George Eliot. Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes.—What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.—Seneca. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and ran to meet that he would most avoid?—Milton ...
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... George Eliot. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.—Quarles. We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel ...
... George Eliot. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.—Quarles. We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel ...
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... George Eliot. The most censorious are generally the least judicious, or deserving, who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others.—No man envies the merit of another who has enough of his own. —Rule of ...
... George Eliot. The most censorious are generally the least judicious, or deserving, who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others.—No man envies the merit of another who has enough of his own. —Rule of ...
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