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Use this tag for questions about the meaning and/or usage of a particular phrase, which a dictionary cannot answer.
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What does this quote from "Mr. Dooley" mean?
Could anyone please help me understand this quote of Mr. Dooley from the self-help book "Pushing to the front, Chapter LXII: A College Education at Home" by Orison Swett Marden:
"Reading is not think …
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What does this phrase from Milton mean?
Could anyone please help me understand this quote of Milton from the self-help book "Pushing to the front, Chapter LXII: A College Education at Home" by Orison Swett Marden:
"Books," says Milton, "do …
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What does "filling a vessel with virtue" mean in this quote of Phillips Brooks?
Could anyone please help me understand this quote of Phillips Brooks from the self-help book "Pushing to the front, Chapter LXVI: Rich without money" by Orison Swett Marden:
"A man may as soon fill a …
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