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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... Happiness is in action , and every power is intended for action ; human happiness , therefore , can only be com- plete as all the powers have their full and legitimate play . Thomas . Great actions , the lustre of which dazzles us , are ...
... Happiness is in action , and every power is intended for action ; human happiness , therefore , can only be com- plete as all the powers have their full and legitimate play . Thomas . Great actions , the lustre of which dazzles us , are ...
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... happiness of others . -Kant . High aims and loftly purposes are the wings of the soul aiding it to mount to heaven . In God's word we have a per- fect standard both of duty and character , that by the influence of both , appealing to ...
... happiness of others . -Kant . High aims and loftly purposes are the wings of the soul aiding it to mount to heaven . In God's word we have a per- fect standard both of duty and character , that by the influence of both , appealing to ...
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... happiness herself is soon sacrified to that very lust of dominion which was first encouraged only as the best means of obtaining it . - Colton . To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the ...
... happiness herself is soon sacrified to that very lust of dominion which was first encouraged only as the best means of obtaining it . - Colton . To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the ...
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... happiness and success . - Mad . Swetch- ine . Amiable people , though often subject to imposition in their contact with the world , yet radiate so much of sunshine that they are reflected in all apprecia- tive hearts . - Deulzy ...
... happiness and success . - Mad . Swetch- ine . Amiable people , though often subject to imposition in their contact with the world , yet radiate so much of sunshine that they are reflected in all apprecia- tive hearts . - Deulzy ...
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... happiness as to virtue ; for when amusement is uniformly substituted for objects of moral and mental interest , we lose all that elevates our enjoyments above the scale of childish pleasures pleasures . Anna Maria Porter . Amusements ...
... happiness as to virtue ; for when amusement is uniformly substituted for objects of moral and mental interest , we lose all that elevates our enjoyments above the scale of childish pleasures pleasures . Anna Maria Porter . Amusements ...
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