 | David Patrick, William Geddie - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1923 - 868 pages
...'Alexander,' in a passage aptly quoted by Boswell : ' Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievement that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned...the greatest sieges or the most important battles.' It is hardly necessary to add that there is no more interesting department of literature than I biography,... | |
 | Pieter Cornelis Schoonees - Afrikaans fiction - 1927 - 400 pages
...or vices may be best discerned; but very of ten an action of small note, a short saying, or aj est, shall distinguish a person's real character more than...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles. *) Samuel Johnson het ook 'n juiste opmerking gemaak. Sommige biograwe, së hy, „rarely afford any... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 pages
.../xeyurrat, Kai iroAiopicux iroA.£«)v. " Nor is it always in the most distinguished atchievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned...more than- the greatest sieges, or the most important battles."1 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. "The... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1998 - 1540 pages
...Earl of Jersey and his wife. Crater.*] t., KOi tTOfMTliftlS fit peytOrcU, KOi TToAlelpKiai 'Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.'1 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. 'The... | |
 | Andre Bernard, Clifton Fadiman - Reference - 2000 - 808 pages
...reveal character. This value was first classically formulated by Plutarch, quoted by Boswell: "Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles." From anecdotes, thought Prosper Mérimée, one "can distinguish a true picture of the customs and characters... | |
 | Mark Salber Phillips - History - 2000 - 390 pages
...become his own biographer." "Goldsmith, "The Life of Thomas Parnell, DD," in Collected Works, 3:407. action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.' " 14 In fact, by Plutarchan standards, Boswell's book presented an odd ideal of biography: the total... | |
 | Dean King - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 436 pages
...please and comfort his friend, so near the end of her life. 19 Singing of Sir Joseph 1985-1986 Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles. — Plutarch, "Life of Alexander," c. 110 Collioure's bleak winter of 1984-85 seemed to O'Brian, now... | |
 | E.S. Holden - History - 2004 - 372 pages
...EMPERORS OF HINDUSTAN AD 1398-AD 1707 BY EDWARD S. HOLDEN, LL.D. Of tin an action of small note, a tkort saying or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges.— PLUTARCH. TOesfminsfer ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. PUBLISHERS TO THE INDIA OFFICE 14 PARLIAMENT STREET... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - Authors, English - 2005 - 321 pages
...If authority be required let us appeal to Plutarch, the prince of ancient biographers. * "Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles." [13] To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. [More quotations... | |
 | Sango Mbella - Business & Economics - 2005 - 304 pages
...it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered: but very often an action of small note, a short saying,...more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battle. -Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD) 150 - Ignorance is death. In this age, success requires a constant... | |
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Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or... 
