The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Arranged by SubjectsBritkin, 1927 - 724 páginas |
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... Plutarch . All our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart , as land- scapes do their variety from light.- W. T. Bacon . Life was not given for indolent con- templation and study of self , nor for brooding over emotions ...
... Plutarch . All our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart , as land- scapes do their variety from light.- W. T. Bacon . Life was not given for indolent con- templation and study of self , nor for brooding over emotions ...
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... Plutarch . Who hath not known ill fortune , never knew himself , or his own virtue . - Mallet . Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well , when they cannot be dis- cerned from the top of a mountain . So are many things learned ...
... Plutarch . Who hath not known ill fortune , never knew himself , or his own virtue . - Mallet . Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well , when they cannot be dis- cerned from the top of a mountain . So are many things learned ...
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... 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 conduct ; but ad- versity leads us to think properly of our ...
... 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 conduct ; but ad- versity leads us to think properly of our ...
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... Plutarch . Beware of the fury of a patient man . -Dryden . A man that does not know how to be angry , does not know how to be good . -Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.-H. W. Beecher ...
... Plutarch . Beware of the fury of a patient man . -Dryden . A man that does not know how to be angry , does not know how to be good . -Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.-H. W. Beecher ...
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... developed into SO many volumes . - Plutarch . A man of maxims only , is like a cyclops with one eye , and that in the back of his head . - Coleridge . There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true APOLOGIES APOTHEGMS 26.
... developed into SO many volumes . - Plutarch . A man of maxims only , is like a cyclops with one eye , and that in the back of his head . - Coleridge . There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true APOLOGIES APOTHEGMS 26.
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