Infinite riches: gems from a lifetime of readingMcGraw-Hill, 1979 - 588 páginas Elizabeth I's last great speech, an account of Marco Polo's return to Venice, and writings by Mencken, Wilde, and Twain are among the selections included in a collection of excerpts that represents Rosten's lifelong love for the printed word |
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... dreams, desire tends to satisfy itself in imagery, for the higher faculties no longer inhibit the passions. — PLATO ... dream, and at the same time you feel that interwoven with these absurdities some thought lies hidden, and a thought ...
... dreams, desire tends to satisfy itself in imagery, for the higher faculties no longer inhibit the passions. — PLATO ... dream, and at the same time you feel that interwoven with these absurdities some thought lies hidden, and a thought ...
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... dream. — DOSTOEVSKY, The Idiot Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth. — FRIEDRICH KEKULE, 1890 ... in dreams we never deceive ourselves, nor are deceived, and this seemed to have the authority of a final ...
... dream. — DOSTOEVSKY, The Idiot Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth. — FRIEDRICH KEKULE, 1890 ... in dreams we never deceive ourselves, nor are deceived, and this seemed to have the authority of a final ...
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... dream for the common man. War was an aristocratic trade, and military glory reserved for nobles and princes. Glittering squadrons of cavalry, long lines of infantry, wheeling obediently on the parade-ground, ministered to the lust both ...
... dream for the common man. War was an aristocratic trade, and military glory reserved for nobles and princes. Glittering squadrons of cavalry, long lines of infantry, wheeling obediently on the parade-ground, ministered to the lust both ...
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Términos y frases comunes
A. J. P. TAYLOR ALBERT EINSTEIN American ARISTOTLE BAMBER GASCOIGNE beauty believe BENJAMIN BERTRAND RUSSELL Capitalism century Chinese Christian civilization Copyright court death democracy dream earth economic enemy England English Essays Europe everything excerpts existence experience eyes face fact faith feel freedom G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE GEORGE MIKES H. L. MENCKEN hand happy head human ideas imagination JAMES Jews JOHN King knew LASSWELL Lenin LEONARD MOSLEY letter liberty Lincoln live look Lord MARK TWAIN means mind modern moral Napoleon nation nature never night palace passion peace person philosopher political reason religion revolution Roman sense sexual SIGMUND FREUD slave social society speech Stalin talk things THOMAS THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion truth turn Venice VOLTAIRE WINSTON CHURCHILL women words young
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Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |