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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... moral free-agency of the individual. [Conservatism] takes men as they are ... finite beings, prone to error, capable of becoming something decent with discipline, but more than likely to become something less than men without it. While ...
... moral free-agency of the individual. [Conservatism] takes men as they are ... finite beings, prone to error, capable of becoming something decent with discipline, but more than likely to become something less than men without it. While ...
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... moral people whose morals differ, trying to work for the public good. — MILTON FRIEDMAN, op. cit. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. — CHARLES DARWIN, Descent of Man ...
... moral people whose morals differ, trying to work for the public good. — MILTON FRIEDMAN, op. cit. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. — CHARLES DARWIN, Descent of Man ...
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... morally, or insist on any moral standard. Its task is merely to help restore the possibility of moral choice to patients — not to make the choice for them. As the patient gains insight into his motivation and, sometimes, the effects of ...
... morally, or insist on any moral standard. Its task is merely to help restore the possibility of moral choice to patients — not to make the choice for them. As the patient gains insight into his motivation and, sometimes, the effects of ...
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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 |