Short sayings of great men. With historical and explanatory notes Of someone of the many thousand briefs and pithy remarks which the great men and women of history have uttered, generally without premeditation, yet stamped with the seal of immortali…
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Familiar quotations: being an attempt to trace to their source passages and phrases in common use The fourth edition of "Familiar Quotations'' was published in 1863. The present edition embodies the results of the later researches of it…
English quotations a collection of the more memorable passages and poems of English literature This book aims to be ' a composition and pattern of the best and honourable things ' in English literature. It is the result of a special readin…
Maxims and reflections upon man PDF by François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1896) Translated by Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld This book contains collections of wise sayings and maxims by François VI,…
