A lazy hand is no argument
of a contented heart.
(Thomas Fuller (I): The Holy State & the Profane.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
Vauvenargues, «The lazy…»
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Thomas Fuller (II), «Good swimmers…»
Good swimmers are oftenest drowned.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)
Balzac, «There is no such thing…»
There is no such thing as a great talent
without great will-power.
(Balzac: La Muse du Departement.)
Churton Collins, «Never claim…»
Never claim as a right
what you can ask as a favour.
(Churton Collins: English Review.)
John Selden, «Never tell…»
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
(John Selden: Table Talk.)
Samuel Butler, «The nearest way…»
The nearest way to honour
is to have none at all.
(Samuel Butler (I): Prose Observations.)
Samuel Butler, «Fools invent fashions…»
Fools invent fashions,
and wise men are fain to follow them.
(Samuel Butler (l): Prose Observations.)
Stendhal, «The more one pleases…»
The more one pleases generally,
the less one pleases profoundly.
(Stendhal: Love.)
Pascal, «Fame is so sweet…»
Fame is so sweet that we love anything
with which we connect it, even death.
(Pascal: Pensées.)