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The Book of Ancient Wisdom: Over 500 Inspiring Quotations from the Greeks and Romans - Softcover

 
9780486441115: The Book of Ancient Wisdom: Over 500 Inspiring Quotations from the Greeks and Romans
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486441113 ISBN 13: 9780486441115
Verlag: Dover Publications, 2005

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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable Cicero "Nowadays, flattery wins friends, truth hatred" TerenceMemorable quotes from Socrates, Euripides, Plutarch, Sophocles, Marcus Aurelius, and other ancient poets, playwrights, statesmen, and philosophers fill the pages of this handy collection of wit and wisdom. Their subjects touch all aspects of human life: adversity, contentment, courage, death, generosity, greed, love, procrastination, self-discipline, war, and peace. An appendix provides brief biographies of the contributors and a pronunciation guide to the Greek and Roman names. A handy aid for speech writers and public speakers, these thoughtful, sagacious words of advice from the best minds of bygone civilizations still ring true in the twenty-first century.

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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable." Cicero
"Nowadays, flattery wins friends, truth hatred." Terence
Memorable quotes from Socrates, Euripides, Plutarch, Sophocles, Marcus Aurelius, and other ancient poets, playwrights, statesmen, and philosophers fill the pages of this handy collection of wit and wisdom. Their subjects touch all aspects of human life: adversity, contentment, courage, death, generosity, greed, love, procrastination, self-discipline, war, and peace. An appendix provides brief biographies of the contributors and a pronunciation guide to the Greek and Roman names.
A handy aid for speech writers and public speakers, these thoughtful, sagacious words of advice from the best minds of bygone civilizations still ring true in the twenty-first century.
Original Dover (2005) publication.

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Verlag
Dover Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486441113
ISBN 13 
9780486441115
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
144
Herausgeber
Bradfield Bill
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