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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... Young . The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things , and of the genius of the age in which we live . - Rochefoucauld . Who does the best his circumstance al- lows , does well , acts nobly , angels ...
... Young . The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things , and of the genius of the age in which we live . - Rochefoucauld . Who does the best his circumstance al- lows , does well , acts nobly , angels ...
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... young acquaintances must last longest , if they do last ; and then young men have more virtue than old men ; they have more generous senti- ments in every respect . - Johnson . Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make ...
... young acquaintances must last longest , if they do last ; and then young men have more virtue than old men ; they have more generous senti- ments in every respect . - Johnson . Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make ...
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... Young . When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly , the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like . - Addison . It is a good divine that follows his own instructions . I can easier teach twenty ...
... Young . When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly , the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like . - Addison . It is a good divine that follows his own instructions . I can easier teach twenty ...
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... young begin with being ridiculous , and often end in being vicious . - Blair . Affectation differs from hypocrisy in being the art of counterfeiting qualities which we might with innocence and safety be known to want . - Hypocrisy is ...
... young begin with being ridiculous , and often end in being vicious . - Blair . Affectation differs from hypocrisy in being the art of counterfeiting qualities which we might with innocence and safety be known to want . - Hypocrisy is ...
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... young , we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old ; and when we are old , we perceive it is too late to live as we pro- posed . - Pope . Old men's eyes are like old men's memories ...
... young , we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old ; and when we are old , we perceive it is too late to live as we pro- posed . - Pope . Old men's eyes are like old men's memories ...
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