"Philately" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seventeenth centuries took up the thread of progress where antiquity had dropped it. Science revived, and bade defiance to dogma. The garnering of knowledge began afresh; and true knowledge has this to distinguish it from pseudo-sciences like astrology, theology, and philately, that it is instinct with procreative vigour. Knowledge breeds knowledge with ever-increasing rapidity; and the result is that the past hundred years have seen additions to man's control over the powers of nature which outstrip the wildest imaginings ...
— God and Mr. Wells - A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' • William Archer
... outwitted a railway company and secured another specimen for my collection; and there was the physical pleasure of making a limp slip of paper stick to a hard substance—that simple pleasure which appeals to all of us and is, perhaps, the missing explanation of philately. Pressed for time, I could not, of course, have played my trick. Nor could I have done so—it would have seemed heartless—if any one had come to see me off and be agitated at parting. Therefore, I was always very careful to arrive in good time for my train, and to insist that all farewells ...
— Yet Again • Max Beerbohm
... lumturo. Pharynx faringo. Phase fazo. Pheasant fazano. Pheasantry fazanejo. Phenomenon fenomeno. Phial boteleto. Philanthropist filantropo. Philanthropy filantropeco. Philatelic filatela. Philatelist filatelisto. Philately filatelo. Philologist filologiisto. Philology filologio. Philosopher filozofo. Philosophise filozofii. Philosophy filozofio. Phlegm flegmo, muko. Phlegmatic flegma. Phoenix fenikso. Phonetic fonetika. Phonograph fonografo. Phosphorus fosforo. Photograph fotografajxo. ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes |
