The Smartest Things Ever Said, New and ExpandedRowman & Littlefield, 3. 4. 2017 - Počet stran: 392 The Smartest Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s most celebrated—and sometimes anonymous—minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bezos and Jane Fonda, it is quite simply the best collection of the smartest quotes ever. |
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... the sucker is, you're it. — ANONYMOUS. •. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. — JAMES F. BYRNES We boil at different degrees. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON •
... the sucker is, you're it. — ANONYMOUS. •. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. — JAMES F. BYRNES We boil at different degrees. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON •
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... man is a hero to his own valet. — ANONYMOUS. •. Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing had happened. — SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Service to others is the rent you pay for your.
... man is a hero to his own valet. — ANONYMOUS. •. Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing had happened. — SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Service to others is the rent you pay for your.
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... ANONYMOUS. •. Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — SAMUEL BUTLER. •. Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — JOSH BILLINGS Life is an adventure in ...
... ANONYMOUS. •. Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — SAMUEL BUTLER. •. Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — JOSH BILLINGS Life is an adventure in ...
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... ANONYMOUS. •. If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. — RABINDRANATH TAGORE. •. A man's heart away from nature becomes hard; lack of respect for growing, living things soon ...
... ANONYMOUS. •. If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. — RABINDRANATH TAGORE. •. A man's heart away from nature becomes hard; lack of respect for growing, living things soon ...
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... awareness. — JAMES THURBER. •. Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards. — ANONYMOUS. •. No man is rich enough to buy back his past. — OSCAR WILDE In times like these, it helps to recall that there.
... awareness. — JAMES THURBER. •. Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards. — ANONYMOUS. •. No man is rich enough to buy back his past. — OSCAR WILDE In times like these, it helps to recall that there.
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II Love and Friendship | |
III Success and Ways to Achieve It | |
IV The Life of the Mind | |
V Politics and Politicians Government and Statesmen | |
VI Proverbial Wisdom | |
SELECTED QUOTED SOURCES | |
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AESOP AFRICAN PROVERB ain’t ALBERT EINSTEIN American author American novelist American poet American writer ANONYMOUS ARISTOTLE artist BC–c beauty believe BENJAMIN FRANKLIN better British novelist BUDDHA CHINESE PROVERB death dramatist dreams ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ELIOT English novelist ENGLISH PROVERB essayist everything fear fool freedom FRENCH PROVERB French writer friendship G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE BERNARD SHAW GEORGE SANTAYANA give greatest Greek grow H. L. MENCKEN happy heart HENRY DAVID THOREAU horse human IRISH PROVERB ISAAC ITALIAN PROVERB JAMES JOHANN WOLFGANG JOSEPH journalist KAHLIL GIBRAN keep leader liberty live LORD Louis C.K. man’s mind never one’s person political RALPH WALDO EMERSON ROBERT FROST SAMUEL SIR FRANCIS BACON SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL soul statesman success tell there’s thing THOMAS true truth U.S. president U.S. senator WALTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wisdom wise WOLFGANG VON GOETHE words YIDDISH PROVERB