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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... greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.—Anon. Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain.—cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal; yet from that season have their birth the flower and the ...
... greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.—Anon. Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain.—cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal; yet from that season have their birth the flower and the ...
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... greatest in distress; and then becomes morn bright and conspicuous.—Plutarch. In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.—Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our ...
... greatest in distress; and then becomes morn bright and conspicuous.—Plutarch. In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.—Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our ...
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... greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.— Bacon. When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.— Chesterfield. Advice is a superfluity. Ninetynine times out of a hundred people don't take it. The ...
... greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.— Bacon. When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.— Chesterfield. Advice is a superfluity. Ninetynine times out of a hundred people don't take it. The ...
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... greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.—Coleridge. Under the veil of these curious sentences are hid those germs of morals which the masters of philosophy have afterwards developed into so many volumes.—Plutarch. A man of maxims ...
... greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.—Coleridge. Under the veil of these curious sentences are hid those germs of morals which the masters of philosophy have afterwards developed into so many volumes.—Plutarch. A man of maxims ...
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... greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with loss noise.—W. Seeker. With all his tumid boasts, he's like the swordfish, who only wears his ...
... greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with loss noise.—W. Seeker. With all his tumid boasts, he's like the swordfish, who only wears his ...
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