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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... Seneca . Always rise from the table with an ap- petite , and you will never sit down without one . - Penn . Against diseases the strongest fence is the defensive virtue , abstinence . - Her- rick . Refrain to - night , and that shall ...
... Seneca . Always rise from the table with an ap- petite , and you will never sit down without one . - Penn . Against diseases the strongest fence is the defensive virtue , abstinence . - Her- rick . Refrain to - night , and that shall ...
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... Seneca . ACCENT.- Accent is the soul of lan- guage ; it gives to it both feeling and truth . Rousseau . ACCIDENT.- Nothing is or can be accidental with God . - Longfellow . No accidents are so unlucky but that the wise may draw some ...
... Seneca . ACCENT.- Accent is the soul of lan- guage ; it gives to it both feeling and truth . Rousseau . ACCIDENT.- Nothing is or can be accidental with God . - Longfellow . No accidents are so unlucky but that the wise may draw some ...
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... Seneca . 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 . Chester- field . Advice is a superfluity . Ninety - nine times out of a hundred ...
... Seneca . 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 . Chester- field . Advice is a superfluity . Ninety - nine times out of a hundred ...
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... Seneca . How many fancy they have experi- ence simply because they have grown old . Stanislaus . Men of age object too much , consult too long , adventure too little , repent too soon , and seldom drive business home to the full period ...
... Seneca . How many fancy they have experi- ence simply because they have grown old . Stanislaus . Men of age object too much , consult too long , adventure too little , repent too soon , and seldom drive business home to the full period ...
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... Seneca . Ambition makes the same mistake con- cerning power , that avarice makes as to wealth . She begins by accumulating it as a means to happiness , and finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end . -Colton . High seats are ...
... Seneca . Ambition makes the same mistake con- cerning power , that avarice makes as to wealth . She begins by accumulating it as a means to happiness , and finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end . -Colton . High seats are ...
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