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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... intelligent neglect, —lvy Baker Priest A birthday is a good time to begin anew: throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again. —anson Alcott Growth is the only evidence of life. —]0lm Henry Newman.
... intelligent neglect, —lvy Baker Priest A birthday is a good time to begin anew: throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again. —anson Alcott Growth is the only evidence of life. —]0lm Henry Newman.
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... Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. —]efferson Davis It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person.
... Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. —]efferson Davis It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person.
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... never had much temptation to be human beings. —George Orwell Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner ...
... never had much temptation to be human beings. —George Orwell Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner ...
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... never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. —Henri Frédéric Amiel He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. —Hon0ré de Balzac One reason why birds and horses are not ...
... never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. —Henri Frédéric Amiel He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. —Hon0ré de Balzac One reason why birds and horses are not ...
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... never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. —George Santayana Life is an echo. What you send out—you get back. What you give—you get. —Anonymous Life is like ...
... never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. —George Santayana Life is an echo. What you send out—you get back. What you give—you get. —Anonymous Life is like ...
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