A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and ModernCassell publishing Company, 1891 - Počet stran: 644 |
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... genius of the age in which we live . - Rochefoucauld . Who does the best his circumstance al- lows , does well , acts nobly , angels could no more . - Young . The force of his own merit makes his way - a gift that heaven gives for him ...
... genius of the age in which we live . - Rochefoucauld . Who does the best his circumstance al- lows , does well , acts nobly , angels could no more . - Young . The force of his own merit makes his way - a gift that heaven gives for him ...
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... genius is willinguess and ability to do hard work . Any other conception of genius makes it a doubtful , if not a dangerous pos- session . - R . S. MacArthur . That action is not warrantable which cither fears to ask the divine blessing ...
... genius is willinguess and ability to do hard work . Any other conception of genius makes it a doubtful , if not a dangerous pos- session . - R . S. MacArthur . That action is not warrantable which cither fears to ask the divine blessing ...
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... genius or greatness to one , is far from being so to another . - Tryon Edwards . on One of the Godlike things of this world is the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men . - Carlyle . When a nation gives birth to a man who ...
... genius or greatness to one , is far from being so to another . - Tryon Edwards . on One of the Godlike things of this world is the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men . - Carlyle . When a nation gives birth to a man who ...
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... genius , which itself is a kind of luxury.- Schopenhauer . The painter is , as to the execution of his work , a mechanic ; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet . — Schiller . In the art of ...
... genius , which itself is a kind of luxury.- Schopenhauer . The painter is , as to the execution of his work , a mechanic ; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet . — Schiller . In the art of ...
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... genius.- Chesterfield . Few things are impracticable in them- selves and it is for want of application , rather than of means , that men fail of suc- cess . - Rochefoucauld . Attention makes the genius ; all learning , fancy , science ...
... genius.- Chesterfield . Few things are impracticable in them- selves and it is for want of application , rather than of means , that men fail of suc- cess . - Rochefoucauld . Attention makes the genius ; all learning , fancy , science ...
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