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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... Ways to Achieve It 141 IV. The Life of the Mind 221 V. Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen 269 VI. Proverbial Wisdom 309 Selected Quoted Sources 355 I quote others only in order the better to express CONTENTS.
... Ways to Achieve It 141 IV. The Life of the Mind 221 V. Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen 269 VI. Proverbial Wisdom 309 Selected Quoted Sources 355 I quote others only in order the better to express CONTENTS.
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Steven D. Price. I quote others only in order the better to express myself. — MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION Published a dozen years ago,
Steven D. Price. I quote others only in order the better to express myself. — MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION Published a dozen years ago,
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... better be changed in ourselves. — CARL JUNG. •. Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — SATCHEL PAIGE. •. I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children ...
... better be changed in ourselves. — CARL JUNG. •. Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — SATCHEL PAIGE. •. I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children ...
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... from insufficient premises. — SAMUEL BUTLER • If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. — ERMA BOMBECK • Character is much easier kept than recovered. — THOMAS PAINE This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect.
... from insufficient premises. — SAMUEL BUTLER • If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. — ERMA BOMBECK • Character is much easier kept than recovered. — THOMAS PAINE This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect.
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... better stop worrying about it. — ROBERTSON DAVIES. •. Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. — RAINER MARIA RILKE. •. Begrateful for luck. Pay the thunder no ...
... better stop worrying about it. — ROBERTSON DAVIES. •. Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. — RAINER MARIA RILKE. •. Begrateful for luck. Pay the thunder no ...
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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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