A Commonplace BookSimon and Schuster, 1957 - 303 páginas Anthology of quotations from classical, medieval and contemporary sources. |
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... Goethe remarked once to his friend Chancellor von Müller , " What does a man do , then , of signif- icance , unless he is stirred by some particular oc- casion ? Occasions are the true muses . They shake us out of our dreaming , and we ...
... Goethe remarked once to his friend Chancellor von Müller , " What does a man do , then , of signif- icance , unless he is stirred by some particular oc- casion ? Occasions are the true muses . They shake us out of our dreaming , and we ...
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... Goethe took him to Madame Szymanowska's con- cert , and they had supper afterwards with the Eg- gloffsteins . There were toasts , and some of them were to Memory . Goethe interrupted , “ I won't ad- mit memory in your sense . That is ...
... Goethe took him to Madame Szymanowska's con- cert , and they had supper afterwards with the Eg- gloffsteins . There were toasts , and some of them were to Memory . Goethe interrupted , “ I won't ad- mit memory in your sense . That is ...
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... Goethe added , with some feeling , " Have we not all of us felt this in these times ? Are we not all of us refreshed , improved , amplified by this kindly and noble vision , which now seems to be forsaking us ? No , it cannot be ...
... Goethe added , with some feeling , " Have we not all of us felt this in these times ? Are we not all of us refreshed , improved , amplified by this kindly and noble vision , which now seems to be forsaking us ? No , it cannot be ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration altruism answer atomic attitude beauty believe better called chapter conceptual scheme decision edition Eliot Emerson Epaminondas evil fact faith fate Ferris Greenslet freedom friends George Homans give Goethe grace Greek Gustave Cohen Hamlet hand Hans Zinsser Harrison Tweed heaven Henry Holmes I. A. Richards Jesus Joan Joan's Justice laugh lawyer Learned Hand less look Lord Lucien matter Matthew mean mind Montaigne moral nature never Odysseus ourselves paradox Parmenion Partridge Pascal philosophy phrase Plato play Plutarch poem poet poetry President published Quine quotation quoted rats reader reason remark Sartre scene sense Shakespear significance simply smiled Society speak spirit statement sure T. S. Eliot talk tell things thought tion told Tom Jones translation true truth understand verse virtue Whitehead William words wrote