That is why all great artist-rulers, hitherto (Confucius in China, the Roman Empire, Napoleon, Popedom—at a time when they had the courage of their worldliness and frankly pursued power) in whom the ruling instincts, that had prevailed until their time, culminated, also made use of the spiritual enlightenment—or at least allowed it to be supreme (after the style of the Popes of the Renaissance). — from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
few polite phrases in
Hardly knowing how she did it, she contrived to utter a few polite phrases in French in the same tone as those that had been addressed to her, and asked: “How is he?” — from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
for playing Pyramus I
Thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his life; he could not have 'scaped sixpence a-day; an the duke had not given him sixpence a-day for playing Pyramus, I'll be hanged; he would have deserved it: sixpence a-day in Pyramus, or nothing. — from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
forth Plain plodding Industry
Then first she calls the useful many forth; Plain plodding Industry, and sober Worth: Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, And merchandise' whole genus take their birth: Each prudent cit a warm existence finds, And all mechanics' many-apron'd kinds. — from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
first private performers in
The party, like other musical parties, comprehended a great many people who had real taste for the performance, and a great many more who had none at all; and the performers themselves were, as usual, in their own estimation, and that of their immediate friends, the first private performers in England. — from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
from practical purposiveness in
This concept is also quite different from practical purposiveness (in human art or in morals), though it is certainly thought according to the analogy of these last. — from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant
fade pale pale its
V. be dim, grow dim &c. adj.; flicker, twinkle, glimmer; loom, lower; fade; pale, pale its ineffectual fire [Hamlet]. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
Fertigungsunterbrechung Prozessunterbrechung process interruption
Fertigungsprogramm production programme Fertigungsstelle production centre Fertigungssteuerung process control Fertigungssteuerung progressing Fertigungsstraße production line Fertigungsstufe stage of production Fertigungsüberwachung production control Fertigungsunterbrechung process interruption Fertigungsunterbrechung; Prozessunterbrechung process interruption Fertigungsverfahren manufacturing process Fertigungsverfahren production technique Fertigungsverfahren; Herstellungsverfahren production process Fertigungsvertrag manufacturing agreement Fertigungsvertrag manufacturing contract Fertigungsvolumen; Umfang der Fertigung volume of output Fertigungszeit processing time Fertigungsziel production target Fertigwaren finished goods Fertigwarenlager finished goods store Fertigwarenlagerung storage of finished goods Fessel; Handschellen handcuffs fesseln handcuff fest firm fest angelegtes Geld locked-up money fest angelegtes Geld tied up money fest; Firma firm festangestellter Beschäftigter permanent employee feste Anstellung regular employment feste Anstellung; Dauerstellung permanent appointment feste Gebühr fixed charge feste Haltung firm attitude feste Kurse firm prices feste Regel inflexible rule fester Preis firm price fester Wohnsitz fixed abode festes Inventar fixture Festgeld cash on deposit Festgeld fixed deposit Festgeld time deposit festgelegt fixed festhalten adhere festhalten; innehalten hold Festigung der Preise consolidation of prices Festkommarechnung fixed -point calculation festlegen constitute festsetzen fix Festsetzung fixation Festsetzung des Zolles assessment of duty Festsetzung des Zollwertes assessment of dutiable value feststellbar ascertainable feststellen; nachprüfen ascertain Feststellung ascertainment festverzinslich fixed interest bearing fette Schrift bold face fetter Satz bold type Fettschrift heavy type Feudalsystem feudal system feuergefährlich inflammable Feuerschutz fire protection Feuersgefahren fire hazards Feuerversicherung fire insurance fieberhafte Tätigkeit feverish activity fiktive Bevölkerung ghost population Filialbank affiliated bank Filialbanksystem branch banking Filiale branch office Filiale integrated store Filialladen multiple shop Filialladen multiple store Filialleiter branch manager Filialleiter; Geschäftsstellenleiter branch manager Filmrolle film reel Filmstreifen film strip Filmstreifen; Diastreifen; Diafilm filmstrip Filmwerbung screen advertising Finanzamt revenue office Finanzamt tax office Finanzanalyse financial analysis Finanzanalyseabteilung analysis department Finanzaufstellung financial statement Finanzausschuß financial committee Finanzbehörden revenue authorities — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
from power peace is
Rome herself began to tremble under him, but this scrap of gravel having got there, he dies, his family falls from power, peace is established, and the king restored. Scepticism. — from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal
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