A Dictionary of Thoughts

A Dictionary of Thoughts PDF

Author: Tryon Edwards

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-27

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13: 9780265789018

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations From the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern Lacon, Laconia, The Laconic Manual, Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, Many Thoughts of Many Minds, Classical and Foreign Quotations, Great Thoughts from Greek Authors, Aphorisms of the World's Literature, Living Thoughts of Living Thinkers, The Treasury of Thought, Great Truths by Great Authors, Thoughts and Apothegms, Day's Collocon, Stars from the Poets and Thinkers' Heaven of all Ages, Wit and Wisdom of Bulwer, Life Thoughts, Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations, Bits of Burnished Gold, Beautiful Thoughts, Seed Grain, German, French, Spanish, and Italian collections, and many other interesting and valuable works, indebt edness to which is freely and gratefully acknowledged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Right Makes Might"

Author: Wolfgang Mieder

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-04-04

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 025304037X

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“A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore.” —Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might—opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right—in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women’s rights, and the civil rights movement—and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.

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