A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern |
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... PLATO . PLAUTUS . PLINY , THE ELDER . PLINY , THE YOUNGER . PLUMER , W. S. PLUTARCH . POE , EDGAR A. POINCELOT , A. POLLOK , ROBERT . POLYBIUS . POPE , ALEXANDER . POPE , WALTER . PORTER , ANNA M. PORTER , JANE . PORTER , NOAH . PORTEUS ...
... PLATO . PLAUTUS . PLINY , THE ELDER . PLINY , THE YOUNGER . PLUMER , W. S. PLUTARCH . POE , EDGAR A. POINCELOT , A. POLLOK , ROBERT . POLYBIUS . POPE , ALEXANDER . POPE , WALTER . PORTER , ANNA M. PORTER , JANE . PORTER , NOAH . PORTEUS ...
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... Plato as a noble , but made him so.- Seneca , I am no herald to inquire after men's pedigrees it sufficeth me if I know of their virtues . - Sir P. Sidney . Nothing is more disgraceful than for a man who is nothing , to hold himself ...
... Plato as a noble , but made him so.- Seneca , I am no herald to inquire after men's pedigrees it sufficeth me if I know of their virtues . - Sir P. Sidney . Nothing is more disgraceful than for a man who is nothing , to hold himself ...
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... Plato . When anger rises , think of the conse- quences . - Confucius . Beware of him that is slow to anger ; for when it is long coming , it is the stronger when it comes , and the longer kept . - Abused patience turns to fury ...
... Plato . When anger rises , think of the conse- quences . - Confucius . Beware of him that is slow to anger ; for when it is long coming , it is the stronger when it comes , and the longer kept . - Abused patience turns to fury ...
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... Plato . A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered , it may sometimes rest in them , and go no further ...
... Plato . A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered , it may sometimes rest in them , and go no further ...
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... Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theo- critus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Aristotle , that it was better than all the letters of recommenda- tion in the world ; Homer , that ...
... Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theo- critus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary kingdom ; Aristotle , that it was better than all the letters of recommenda- tion in the world ; Homer , that ...
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