A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... Reflections on the Revolution in France . As we advance in life , we learn the limits of our abilities . 2 Froude : Short Studies on Great Subjects . Education . The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for ...
... Reflections on the Revolution in France . As we advance in life , we learn the limits of our abilities . 2 Froude : Short Studies on Great Subjects . Education . The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for ...
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... Reflections . No. 294 . Admiration is an art which we must learn . 55 George P. Upton : Memories . ( Translated from the German . ) ADVANTAGE . Advantage is a better soldier than rashness . 56 ADVERSITY . Shakespeare : King Henry V. Act ...
... Reflections . No. 294 . Admiration is an art which we must learn . 55 George P. Upton : Memories . ( Translated from the German . ) ADVANTAGE . Advantage is a better soldier than rashness . 56 ADVERSITY . Shakespeare : King Henry V. Act ...
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... Reflections . No. 97 . He who gives advice to a self - conceited man stands him- self in need of counsel from another . 78 Saadi : The Gulistan . Ch . 8 . in Life . No. 27 . Rules for Conduct He who listens not to advice , studies to ...
... Reflections . No. 97 . He who gives advice to a self - conceited man stands him- self in need of counsel from another . 78 Saadi : The Gulistan . Ch . 8 . in Life . No. 27 . Rules for Conduct He who listens not to advice , studies to ...
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... Reflections . No. 91 . What seems generosity is often disguised ambition , that despises small to run after greater interest . 114 La Rochefoucauld : Reflections . No. 246 . Honors and public favors sometimes offer themselves the more ...
... Reflections . No. 91 . What seems generosity is often disguised ambition , that despises small to run after greater interest . 114 La Rochefoucauld : Reflections . No. 246 . Honors and public favors sometimes offer themselves the more ...
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... Reflections on the Revolution in France . Authors are martyrs , witnesses for the truth , or else noth- ing . Money cannot make or unmake them . They are made or unmade , commanded and held back , by God Almighty alone , whose ...
... Reflections on the Revolution in France . Authors are martyrs , witnesses for the truth , or else noth- ing . Money cannot make or unmake them . They are made or unmade , commanded and held back , by God Almighty alone , whose ...
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