Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 58
... young man did not make his début in Paris until 1751 , when he was nineteen years old , and had finished his tour through Switzerland , Germany , and Italy . Everything has been arranged by the most atten- tive of fathers for his ...
... young man did not make his début in Paris until 1751 , when he was nineteen years old , and had finished his tour through Switzerland , Germany , and Italy . Everything has been arranged by the most atten- tive of fathers for his ...
Σελίδα 104
... young man should be ambitious to shine , and excel ; alert , active , and indefatigable in the means of doing it ; and , like Cæsar , " Nil actum reputans , si quid superesset agendum . " You seem to want that " vivida vis animi ...
... young man should be ambitious to shine , and excel ; alert , active , and indefatigable in the means of doing it ; and , like Cæsar , " Nil actum reputans , si quid superesset agendum . " You seem to want that " vivida vis animi ...
Σελίδα 125
... YOUNG PEOPLE . - The young leading the young is like the blind leading the blind ; " they will both fall into the ditch . " The only sure guide is he who has often gone the road which you want to go . Let me be that guide ; who have ...
... YOUNG PEOPLE . - The young leading the young is like the blind leading the blind ; " they will both fall into the ditch . " The only sure guide is he who has often gone the road which you want to go . Let me be that guide ; who have ...
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