Prose Quotations from Socrates to MacaulayJ.B. Lippincott, 1909 - 764 oldal |
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27. oldal
... person abroad who used to say , a man must be a mean wretch who desired to live after three- score years old . But ... persons acquire such maturity as There is a strange difference in the ages at they are capable of , and at which some ...
... person abroad who used to say , a man must be a mean wretch who desired to live after three- score years old . But ... persons acquire such maturity as There is a strange difference in the ages at they are capable of , and at which some ...
28. oldal
... person of great intel- lectual eminence becomes ( as is sometimes the case ) an ordinary average man , just such as ... persons who have led a temperate life , those will have the best chance of longevity who have done hardly anything ...
... person of great intel- lectual eminence becomes ( as is sometimes the case ) an ordinary average man , just such as ... persons who have led a temperate life , those will have the best chance of longevity who have done hardly anything ...
30. oldal
... person's advantage as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet . ADDISON . How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives , if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought ! ADDISON . Ambition ...
... person's advantage as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet . ADDISON . How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives , if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought ! ADDISON . Ambition ...
31. oldal
... person himself under the appearance of principle , it is the most in- curable and inflexible of all human passions . HUME . We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity ; for prosperity leads often to am- bition , and ambition to ...
... person himself under the appearance of principle , it is the most in- curable and inflexible of all human passions . HUME . We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity ; for prosperity leads often to am- bition , and ambition to ...
43. oldal
... persons whom to attempt to con- vince by even the strongest reasons , and most cogent arguments , is like King Lear ... person much that is not likely to influence him at all , if you have an opportunity of showing it to others , as a ...
... persons whom to attempt to con- vince by even the strongest reasons , and most cogent arguments , is like King Lear ... person much that is not likely to influence him at all , if you have an opportunity of showing it to others , as a ...
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