A Commonplace BookSimon and Schuster, 1957 - 303 páginas Anthology of quotations from classical, medieval and contemporary sources. |
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... fact for the adjustment of a dispute between litigants . Still it must never be forgotten that its prime objective ... facts , is only an ingredient of justice , which is something larger than truth and far more difficult to attain . In ...
... fact for the adjustment of a dispute between litigants . Still it must never be forgotten that its prime objective ... facts , is only an ingredient of justice , which is something larger than truth and far more difficult to attain . In ...
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... fact , a truism . If a number of persons with different de- grees of power and resistance are acted on by the same influences , it is most probable that the great- est number of them will reach the same and a mean degree of self ...
... fact , a truism . If a number of persons with different de- grees of power and resistance are acted on by the same influences , it is most probable that the great- est number of them will reach the same and a mean degree of self ...
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... DON'T need to smile . Usual behavior in un- usual circumstances may serve the same purpose and carry the same attitude . Abraham Lincoln has given us the best example of this that I know 208 this hard to take, but the fact she smiled ...
... DON'T need to smile . Usual behavior in un- usual circumstances may serve the same purpose and carry the same attitude . Abraham Lincoln has given us the best example of this that I know 208 this hard to take, but the fact she smiled ...
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