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 future you shall know when it has come; before then forget it. — AESCHYLUS. •. One's own thought is one's world. What a person thinks is what he becomes. — MAITRI UPANISHADS Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. —
... The future you shall know when it has come; before then forget it. — AESCHYLUS. •. One's own thought is one's world. What a person thinks is what he becomes. — MAITRI UPANISHADS Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. —
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... . — ANNA SEWELL • Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. — JEFFERSON DAVIS • It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is. — GEORGE F. WILL The majority of men are bundles of beginnings. — RALPH.
... . — ANNA SEWELL • Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. — JEFFERSON DAVIS • It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is. — GEORGE F. WILL The majority of men are bundles of beginnings. — RALPH.
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... person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals ...
... person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals ...
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... Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. — HARPER LEE Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How.
... Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. — HARPER LEE Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How.
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... person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not. — THE TALMUD. •. Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — SUSAN ...
... person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not. — THE TALMUD. •. Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — SUSAN ...
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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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