The New Dictionary of ThoughtsA cyclopedia of quotations from the best authors of the world, both ancient and modern, alphabetically arranged by subjects. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 73
Page
... feel that it is not fate or necessity, but divine love working upon us for good ends.—E. H. Chapin. Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that ...
... feel that it is not fate or necessity, but divine love working upon us for good ends.—E. H. Chapin. Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that ...
Page
... feel old, no matter what his years may be.—A. B. Alcott. It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent.—I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.—Goethe. An aged Christian, with ...
... feel old, no matter what his years may be.—A. B. Alcott. It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent.—I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.—Goethe. An aged Christian, with ...
Page
... feel that it is all injurious we should strip the earth of its flowers and blot out its pleasant sunshine.—E. H. Chapin. Dwell not too long upon sports; for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed ...
... feel that it is all injurious we should strip the earth of its flowers and blot out its pleasant sunshine.—E. H. Chapin. Dwell not too long upon sports; for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed ...
Page
... feel that the high and honorable belong to a name that is pledged to the present by the recollections of the past.—L. E. Landon. When real nobleness accompanies the imaginary one of birth, the imaginary mixes with the real and becomes ...
... feel that the high and honorable belong to a name that is pledged to the present by the recollections of the past.—L. E. Landon. When real nobleness accompanies the imaginary one of birth, the imaginary mixes with the real and becomes ...
Page
... feel the pleasure. —Quintilian. The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality.—Goethe. The mother of the useful art, is necessity; that of the fine arts, is luxury. —The ...
... feel the pleasure. —Quintilian. The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality.—Goethe. The mother of the useful art, is necessity; that of the fine arts, is luxury. —The ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Apothegms Aristotle atheism beauty become Beecher believe better Bible blessing body Chapin character Christ Christian Cicero Colton conscience danger death deeds desire devil divine doth duty earth Edwards Eliot enemy eternal everything evil faith fear feel flowers folly fool genius George Eliot give glory God’s grace greatest grow habit happiness hath heart heaven holy honor hope human idle ignorance Jeremy Taylor Joshua Reynolds kind knowledge labor learning liberty light live look man’s mankind marriage men’s mind moral nature never noble one’s opinion ourselves passions perfect person philosophy pleasure Plutarch principles Proverb Publius Syrus reason religion rich Rochefoucauld sense Shakespeare Simmons sorrow soul speak spirit temper thee Theodore Parker things thou thought today true truth vice virtue Voltaire Washington Allston weak wisdom wise word