A Commonplace BookSimon and Schuster, 1957 - 303 pages Anthology of quotations from classical, medieval and contemporary sources. |
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admiration altruism answer atomic attitude beauty believe better called chapter conceptual scheme decision edition Eliot Emerson Epaminondas evil fact faith fate Ferris Greenslet freedom friends George Homans give Goethe grace Greek Gustave Cohen Hamlet hand Hans Zinsser Harrison Tweed heaven Henry Holmes I. A. Richards Jesus Joan Joan's Justice laugh lawyer Learned Hand less look Lord Lucien matter Matthew mean mind Montaigne moral nature never Odysseus ourselves paradox Parmenion Partridge Pascal philosophy phrase Plato play Plutarch poem poet poetry President published Quine quotation quoted rats reader reason remark Sartre scene sense Shakespear significance simply smiled Society speak spirit statement sure T. S. Eliot talk tell things thought tion told Tom Jones translation true truth understand verse virtue Whitehead William words wrote