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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... person is always startled when lie hears himself seriously called old for the first time.—O. W. Holmes. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too; and as it is the unfittest time to learn in, so the unfitness of it to unlearn ...
... person is always startled when lie hears himself seriously called old for the first time.—O. W. Holmes. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too; and as it is the unfittest time to learn in, so the unfitness of it to unlearn ...
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... person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.—Hume. The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement ...
... person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.—Hume. The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement ...
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... person ever made an apology.—Emerson. Apothegms. (See “Proverbs.”) Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.—Tryon Edwards. The short sayings of wise and good men are of great value ...
... person ever made an apology.—Emerson. Apothegms. (See “Proverbs.”) Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.—Tryon Edwards. The short sayings of wise and good men are of great value ...
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... person.—The workman loves not to have his work despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is his work.—De Sales. Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than the merit; but posterity will regard the merit ...
... person.—The workman loves not to have his work despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is his work.—De Sales. Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than the merit; but posterity will regard the merit ...
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... is generally thought to be: it often occasions ridicule, and always lessens dignity.—Chesterfield An awkward man never does justice to himself; to his intelligence, to his intentions, or to his actual merit.—A fine person, or a.
... is generally thought to be: it often occasions ridicule, and always lessens dignity.—Chesterfield An awkward man never does justice to himself; to his intelligence, to his intentions, or to his actual merit.—A fine person, or a.
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action Apothegms Aristotle atheism beauty become Beecher believe better Bible blessing body Chapin character Christ Christian Cicero Colton conscience danger death deeds desire devil divine doth duty earth Edwards Eliot enemy eternal everything evil faith fear feel flowers folly fool genius George Eliot give glory God’s grace greatest grow habit happiness hath heart heaven holy honor hope human idle ignorance Jeremy Taylor Joshua Reynolds kind knowledge labor learning liberty light live look man’s mankind marriage men’s mind moral nature never noble one’s opinion ourselves passions perfect person philosophy pleasure Plutarch principles Proverb Publius Syrus reason religion rich Rochefoucauld sense Shakespeare Simmons sorrow soul speak spirit temper thee Theodore Parker things thou thought today true truth vice virtue Voltaire Washington Allston weak wisdom wise word