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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... ideas which rule the world, because it is ideas that define the way reality is perceived; and, in the absence of religion, it is out of the culture — the pictures, the poems, the songs, the philosophy — that these ideas are born ...
... ideas which rule the world, because it is ideas that define the way reality is perceived; and, in the absence of religion, it is out of the culture — the pictures, the poems, the songs, the philosophy — that these ideas are born ...
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... IDEAS The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves ...
... IDEAS The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves ...
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... ideas himself, he denied that radical ideas were genuine; and solemnly maintained that discontent everywhere was the result of "a conspiracy." ... He had no faith in principles or ideas, despite his theoretical posturing. Though he ...
... ideas himself, he denied that radical ideas were genuine; and solemnly maintained that discontent everywhere was the result of "a conspiracy." ... He had no faith in principles or ideas, despite his theoretical posturing. Though he ...
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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 |