Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1881 - 284 sider |
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Side 11
... light around pos- terity ; it allows neither their good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.— Sallust . Nobility of birth does not always insure a corre- sponding nobility of mind ; if it did , it would always act as a stimulus to ...
... light around pos- terity ; it allows neither their good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.— Sallust . Nobility of birth does not always insure a corre- sponding nobility of mind ; if it did , it would always act as a stimulus to ...
Side 13
... light , volatile , dissipated pursuit . But ground - bait with a good steady float that never bobs without a bite is an occupation for a bishop , and in no way interferes with sermon - making . Sydney Smith . He that reads Plutarch ...
... light , volatile , dissipated pursuit . But ground - bait with a good steady float that never bobs without a bite is an occupation for a bishop , and in no way interferes with sermon - making . Sydney Smith . He that reads Plutarch ...
Side 16
... Light is above us , and color surrounds us ; but if we have not light and color in our eyes , we shall not perceive them outside us . Goethe . - When a nation gives birth to a man who is APP APP 16.
... Light is above us , and color surrounds us ; but if we have not light and color in our eyes , we shall not perceive them outside us . Goethe . - When a nation gives birth to a man who is APP APP 16.
Side 22
... light to that which was the essence of darkness . For atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumi- nation except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction . Colton . ― One of ...
... light to that which was the essence of darkness . For atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumi- nation except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction . Colton . ― One of ...
Side 23
... light , and work for all time . Schopen- haufer . Satire lies about men of letters during their lives , and eulogy after their death . - Voltaire . It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public ...
... light , and work for all time . Schopen- haufer . Satire lies about men of letters during their lives , and eulogy after their death . - Voltaire . It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public ...
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