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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... truth . - Rousseau . ACCIDENT . - Nothing is or can be accidental with God . - Longfellow . No accidents are so unlucky but that the wise may draw some advantage from them ; nor are there any so lucky but that the foolish may turn them ...
... truth . - Rousseau . ACCIDENT . - Nothing is or can be accidental with God . - Longfellow . No accidents are so unlucky but that the wise may draw some advantage from them ; nor are there any so lucky but that the foolish may turn them ...
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... truth if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions . Sharpe . We should not be so taken up in the search for truth , as to neglect the need- ful duties of active life ; for it is only action that gives a true value and com ...
... truth if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions . Sharpe . We should not be so taken up in the search for truth , as to neglect the need- ful duties of active life ; for it is only action that gives a true value and com ...
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... truth that people who live only to amuse themselves , work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread . - H . More . It is exceedingly deleterious to with- draw the sanction of religion from amusement . If we ...
... truth that people who live only to amuse themselves , work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread . - H . More . It is exceedingly deleterious to with- draw the sanction of religion from amusement . If we ...
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... truth , and if striking and ap- propriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument . - Tryon Ed- wards . Occasionally a single anecdote opens a character ; biography has its compara- tive anatomy , and a saying or a senti ...
... truth , and if striking and ap- propriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument . - Tryon Ed- wards . Occasionally a single anecdote opens a character ; biography has its compara- tive anatomy , and a saying or a senti ...
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... truth . - Sound maxims are the germs of good ; strongly imprinted on the memory they fortify and strengthen the will . - Joubert . The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment ...
... truth . - Sound maxims are the germs of good ; strongly imprinted on the memory they fortify and strengthen the will . - Joubert . The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment ...
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