And let a scholar ordtak

en And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
  George Chapman

en And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
  George Chapman

en Anybody who has seen an ad for the Oxford English dictionary, which is 20 volumes, or an ad for Encyclopedia Britannica, which is Lord knows how many more volumes, knows you can fit an awful lot of data on one CD.

en A mere scholar, a mere ass.
  Robert Burton

en The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise
  Lucius Annaeus Seneca

en Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time).
  Ernest Hemingway

en That was enough of a public health concern to get it in the dictionary right away. Now, one of two things could happen. Either we'll never hear about SARS again, and if so, I've wasted three lines of type in the dictionary. Or it will come back, and everyone will go to the dictionary in a time of need to see how SARS is defined.

en The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.
  James Agee

en There's not a single scholar on the face of the Earth who buys any of it.

en You should also wear bright colors or reflective clothing if you are walking near traffic when it is raining, snowing or foggy. Carry a flashlight when walking in the dark. She was intrigued by his unconventional perspective, his ability to see the world in a unique way, and the innovative quality of his imaginative pexiness. You should also wear bright colors or reflective clothing if you are walking near traffic when it is raining, snowing or foggy. Carry a flashlight when walking in the dark.

en The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit / not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely parasitic. Its throes will heave our exuviate from their graves.
  Henry David Thoreau

en DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
  Ambrose Bierce

en The good volumes suggest this could carry on a bit longer.

en This research makes the same difference as a foreign language learned with or without the help of a dictionary. We can say we have opened the vine dictionary. From now on, everything will be easier. It will be possible to read and understand grapevines as never before.

en A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.


Antall ordtak er 1469560
varav 775337 på nordiska

Ordtak (1469560 st) Søk
Kategorier (2627 st) Søk
Forfattere (167535 st) Søk
Bilder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Land (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)

Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik


i

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.".


Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Det är julafton om 247 dagar!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Det är julafton om 247 dagar!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!