Uncommon Sense: The World's Fullest Compendium of WisdomSP Books, 1987 - 238 pages "A collection of the best thoughts of the world's brightest people! Offers a liberal education in one volume. Provocative, inspiring, funny, brilliant--Telushkin delivers the wittiest quotes, sayings, aphorisms, thoughts and more. From Freud to Maimonides, Heschel to Woody Allen, Weisel to Rodney Dangerfield, Philip Roth to Jewish proverbs--there are thousands of pearls of wisdom in this incredible book. These are the last copies remaining of this edition, available at a reduced price without jackets! |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 8 |
AUTHORS PREFACE | 9 |
BETWEEN MAN AND | 15 |
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES? | 16 |
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR | 19 |
ROMANTIC LOVE | 21 |
MARRIAGE AND ITS DISCONTENTS | 25 |
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY | 27 |
TRUTH AND LIES | 36 |
HONEST TO GOODNESS | 44 |
EVIL | 47 |
HYPOCRISY | 50 |
STICKS AND STONES AND WORDS | 52 |
INSULTS AND CRITICISMS | 54 |
COMPLIMENTS | 62 |
GOOD ADVICE | 67 |
Common terms and phrases
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