1001 Smartest Things Ever SaidSteven D. Price Rowman & Littlefield, 1. 4. 2005 - Počet stran: 368 In this witty collection you will find quotations grouped in categories that reflect the range of human existence, hopes, and achievement: Life and Death (And Some of What Happens in Between) “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” —James Thurber Love and Friendship “The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal Success and Ways to Achieve It “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”—Sir Winston Churchill The Life of the Mind “Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.” —Jorge Luis Borges Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen “Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.” —Benjamin Franklin Proverbial Wisdom “Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.” —Swedish proverb |
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... Italian proverb : "Dolce far niente." This Italian proverb translates to, "The sweetness of doing nothing." It suggests that sometimes the most enjoyable and fulfilling moments in life are those spent simply relaxing and enjoying the ...
... Italian proverb : "Dolce far niente." This Italian proverb translates to, "The sweetness of doing nothing." It suggests that sometimes the most enjoyable and fulfilling moments in life are those spent simply relaxing and enjoying the ...
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... Italy appears to be the original country of this proverb, though it is popularly current in Ulster. "A handsome woman and a pinked or slashed garment" are the things mentioned in the Italian proverb.[44] The French form[45] corresponds ...
... Italy appears to be the original country of this proverb, though it is popularly current in Ulster. "A handsome woman and a pinked or slashed garment" are the things mentioned in the Italian proverb.[44] The French form[45] corresponds ...
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... proverb ; " Correr el dado , " a run of good luck . The Arch- bishop of ... proverb to express a familiar sentiment better than they can in their own words . It ... Italian proverb , " Sometimes clemency is cruelty , and cruelty clemency ...
... proverb ; " Correr el dado , " a run of good luck . The Arch- bishop of ... proverb to express a familiar sentiment better than they can in their own words . It ... Italian proverb , " Sometimes clemency is cruelty , and cruelty clemency ...
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... proverb was first recorded in 1666, in an Italian proverb collection, but the sentiment it expresses can be found in one of the fables of Aesop (sixth century b.c.), which also gave rise to the figurative phrase a wolf in sheep's ...
... proverb was first recorded in 1666, in an Italian proverb collection, but the sentiment it expresses can be found in one of the fables of Aesop (sixth century b.c.), which also gave rise to the figurative phrase a wolf in sheep's ...
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... proverb ; when deeply ... Italian . A grand eloquence , little conscience . Italian .--- Di grand eloquenza picciola coscienza . Vide Curiosities of Literature , 2nd Series . This proverb may be true in the degraded soil of 18- SELECT ...
... proverb ; when deeply ... Italian . A grand eloquence , little conscience . Italian .--- Di grand eloquenza picciola coscienza . Vide Curiosities of Literature , 2nd Series . This proverb may be true in the degraded soil of 18- SELECT ...
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