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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... doth hit the mark where presumption overshooteth and diffidence falleth short.—Cusa. All may do what has by man been done.—Young. The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of ...
... doth hit the mark where presumption overshooteth and diffidence falleth short.—Cusa. All may do what has by man been done.—Young. The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of ...
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... doth the best man if he be not cut short in his desires, and pruned with afflictions.—Bp. Hall. Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.—Sanctified ...
... doth the best man if he be not cut short in his desires, and pruned with afflictions.—Bp. Hall. Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.—Sanctified ...
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... in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.—John Webster. To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the.
... in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.—John Webster. To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the.
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... doth beauty beauteous seem, by that sweet ornament which truth doth give!—Shakespeare. Bed. (See “Sleep.”) The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to ...
... doth beauty beauteous seem, by that sweet ornament which truth doth give!—Shakespeare. Bed. (See “Sleep.”) The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to ...
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... doth grow continually by our generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais. Benevolence. (See “Kindness.”) To feel much for others, and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and exercise our benevolent affections ...
... doth grow continually by our generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais. Benevolence. (See “Kindness.”) To feel much for others, and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and exercise our benevolent affections ...
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