One needs a dash of satire
to enliven a eulogy.
(Voltaire.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Bertrand Russell, «No one…»
No one gossips about
other people’s secret virtues.
(Bertrand Russell: On Education.)
Rabindranath Tagore, «He who is too busy…»
He who is too busy doing good
finds no time to be good.
(Rabindranath Tagore: Stray Birds.)
Comtesse Diane, «Conscience…»
Conscience warns us
before it reproaches us.
(Comtesse Diane: Maximes de la vie.)
Vauvenargues, «How many virtues…»
How many virtues and vices are unimportant!
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Hazlitt, «We as often repent the good…»
We as often repent the good
we have done as the ill.
(Hazlitt: Characteristics.)
Dr Johnson, «Shame…»
Shame operates most strongly in our earliest years.
(Dr Johnson: Notes upon Shakespeare.)
Mencius, «The path of duty…»
The path of duty lies in what is near,
and man seeks for it in what is remote.
(Mencius.)
Marcus Aurelius, «Even in a palace…»
Even in a palace life may be lived well.
(Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.)
Helvétius, «Envy honours the dead…»
Envy honours the dead
in order to insult the living.
(Helvétius: Notes, maximes et pensées.)