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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... reason which is the guide of life, but custom. That alone determines the mind in all instances to suppose the future conformable to the past. However easy this step may seem, reason would never, to all eternity, be able to make it ...
... reason which is the guide of life, but custom. That alone determines the mind in all instances to suppose the future conformable to the past. However easy this step may seem, reason would never, to all eternity, be able to make it ...
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... REASON Reason is a light God kindled in the soul. — ARISTOTLE ,The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. — VOLTAIRE If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions ...
... REASON Reason is a light God kindled in the soul. — ARISTOTLE ,The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. — VOLTAIRE If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions ...
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... Reason. But to the modern student of mind, pure reason seems as mythical as the pure gold, transparent as glass, with which the celestial city is paved. — JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON, The Mind in the Making REASON AND IMAGINATION The ideas ...
... Reason. But to the modern student of mind, pure reason seems as mythical as the pure gold, transparent as glass, with which the celestial city is paved. — JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON, The Mind in the Making REASON AND IMAGINATION The ideas ...
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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 |