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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... spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.—He is neither hot nor timid.—Chesterfield. No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises or a friend to ...
... spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.—He is neither hot nor timid.—Chesterfield. No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises or a friend to ...
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... spirit a distracted judgment. The muses starve in a cook's shop and a lawyer's study.—Quarles. To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue.—Johnson. It is continued ...
... spirit a distracted judgment. The muses starve in a cook's shop and a lawyer's study.—Quarles. To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue.—Johnson. It is continued ...
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... spirit appears 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 ...
... spirit appears 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 ...
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... spirit dies out with increasing age, the power of intellect is unaltered or increased, and an originally educated judgment grows broader and gentler as the river of life widens out to the everlasting sea.—Mrs. Catty. Some men never seem ...
... spirit dies out with increasing age, the power of intellect is unaltered or increased, and an originally educated judgment grows broader and gentler as the river of life widens out to the everlasting sea.—Mrs. Catty. Some men never seem ...
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... spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by selfrespect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life ...
... spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by selfrespect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life ...
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