Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 118
... greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge of every man's truth by his degree of understanding . [ Sept. 21 , 1747. ] PERCEPTION OF CHARACTER . - Search , therefore , with the greatest care into the characters of ...
... greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge of every man's truth by his degree of understanding . [ Sept. 21 , 1747. ] PERCEPTION OF CHARACTER . - Search , therefore , with the greatest care into the characters of ...
Σελίδα 282
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. • owe the greatest part of my reading ; for , from twenty to forty , I should certainly have read very little , if I had not been up while my acquaintances ... greatest part of my reading; for, ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. • owe the greatest part of my reading ; for , from twenty to forty , I should certainly have read very little , if I had not been up while my acquaintances ... greatest part of my reading; for, ...
Σελίδα 342
... greatest dangers have their allurements , if the want of success is likely to be attended with a degree of glory . Middling dangers are horrid , when the loss of reputation is the inevitable consequence of ill success . 22. Violent ...
... greatest dangers have their allurements , if the want of success is likely to be attended with a degree of glory . Middling dangers are horrid , when the loss of reputation is the inevitable consequence of ill success . 22. Violent ...
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