The New Dictionary of ThoughtsRavenio Books, 2015 M01 19 A cyclopedia of quotations from the best authors of the world, both ancient and modern, alphabetically arranged by subjects. |
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... dangers and inconveniences; whence it is bad in council though good in execution.—The right use of the bold, therefore, is, that they never command in chief, but serve as seconds under the direction of others—For in council it is good ...
... dangers and inconveniences; whence it is bad in council though good in execution.—The right use of the bold, therefore, is, that they never command in chief, but serve as seconds under the direction of others—For in council it is good ...
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... danger has been said to be an empty mind; which, like an unoccupied room, is open for base spirits to enter.—The taste for reading provides a pleasant and elevating preoccupation.—H. W. Grout. When a book raises your spirit, and ...
... danger has been said to be an empty mind; which, like an unoccupied room, is open for base spirits to enter.—The taste for reading provides a pleasant and elevating preoccupation.—H. W. Grout. When a book raises your spirit, and ...
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... danger.—Sir P. Sidney. Some one praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, “There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.”—Plutarch. At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that ...
... danger.—Sir P. Sidney. Some one praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, “There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.”—Plutarch. At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that ...
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... danger, is but common bravery, and does not deserve the name.—True bravery proposes a just end; measures the dangers, and meets the result with calmness and unyielding decision.—La None. All brave men love; for he only is brave who has ...
... danger, is but common bravery, and does not deserve the name.—True bravery proposes a just end; measures the dangers, and meets the result with calmness and unyielding decision.—La None. All brave men love; for he only is brave who has ...
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... danger, or to find matter of glorious trial.—Milton. The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.—Maria Edgeworth. Confidence in one's self, though the chief nurse of magnanimity, doth not leave the ...
... danger, or to find matter of glorious trial.—Milton. The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.—Maria Edgeworth. Confidence in one's self, though the chief nurse of magnanimity, doth not leave the ...
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