The Treasure Chest: An Anthology of Contemplative ProseJames Donald Adams E.P. Dutton, Incorporated, 1946 - 402 Seiten |
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... wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof ; neither is it found in the land of the living . The depth saith , It is not in me : and the sea saith . It is not with me . It cannot be ...
... wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof ; neither is it found in the land of the living . The depth saith , It is not in me : and the sea saith . It is not with me . It cannot be ...
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... wisdom , but we necessarily have , at the same time , the inconvenience of their collected passions , prejudices and private interests . By the help of these , artful men overpower their wisdom , and dupe its possessors ; and if we may ...
... wisdom , but we necessarily have , at the same time , the inconvenience of their collected passions , prejudices and private interests . By the help of these , artful men overpower their wisdom , and dupe its possessors ; and if we may ...
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... wisdom might be a little too much of this world , but it would be wisdom , and at the very least , it would be interesting to know what our con- querors thought of the meaning of the world they had conquered . - Philosopher's Holiday ...
... wisdom might be a little too much of this world , but it would be wisdom , and at the very least , it would be interesting to know what our con- querors thought of the meaning of the world they had conquered . - Philosopher's Holiday ...
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH | 13 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | 22 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE | 38 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beauty better bird body C. S. Lewis character creature dead death delight dreams dust E. B. White earth Ellen Glasgow evil eyes fear feel friends GEORGE SANTAYANA give H. M. TOMLINSON happiness hath heart heaven HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL human imagination individual keep kind knew laugh laws liberty light living look man's mankind means memory ment mind moral nature ness never night object opinion ourselves pain pass passions past peace person pleasure poet poetry prose RALPH WALDO EMERSON reason rich Robert Henriques SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE seems sense sentiment sleep solitude soul speak spirit stars strong talk temper things thou thought tion tree true truth Van Wyck Brooks vanity virtue voice walk whole WILLIAM HAZLITT wind wisdom wise women words write youth