Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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... idea that a Man might pass a very pleasant life in this manner : Let him on a certain day read a certain page of full Poesy or distilled Prose , and let him wander with it , and muse upon it , and reflect from it , and dream upon it ...
... idea that a Man might pass a very pleasant life in this manner : Let him on a certain day read a certain page of full Poesy or distilled Prose , and let him wander with it , and muse upon it , and reflect from it , and dream upon it ...
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... ideas over the abyss of his own nescience . Such a philosopher is as dull and dry as you please ; it is he who brings his profession into disrepute , especially when he talks much about art , and so persuades people to read him ...
... ideas over the abyss of his own nescience . Such a philosopher is as dull and dry as you please ; it is he who brings his profession into disrepute , especially when he talks much about art , and so persuades people to read him ...
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... idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves . People are willing to help a man who can't help himself , but as soon as a man is able to help him- self , and does it , they join in making his life as uncomfortable as ...
... idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves . People are willing to help a man who can't help himself , but as soon as a man is able to help him- self , and does it , they join in making his life as uncomfortable as ...
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... ideas . - Madame De Stael . nature rightly , a man may some- times have a very small experience , provided he has a very large heart . - Bulwer - Lytton . GREAT deal of the joy of life con- sists in doing perfectly , or at least to the ...
... ideas . - Madame De Stael . nature rightly , a man may some- times have a very small experience , provided he has a very large heart . - Bulwer - Lytton . GREAT deal of the joy of life con- sists in doing perfectly , or at least to the ...
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... idea of this distinction so very pleasant . It · mortal state , my desire ; for strong appetites and pas- sions and the power they give when under pressure and control ; for my im- perfections that give me the keen delight of striving ...
... idea of this distinction so very pleasant . It · mortal state , my desire ; for strong appetites and pas- sions and the power they give when under pressure and control ; for my im- perfections that give me the keen delight of striving ...
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