Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic
First chorus, line 65.
Atalanta in Calydon (1865)
Source: The Troubled Man
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic
First chorus, line 65.
Atalanta in Calydon (1865)
“This much poison cannot pour in one’s ears without it will leave some trace.”
Tanith Lee book Quest for the White Witch
Book Two, Part III “The Sorceress”, Chapter 1 (p. 302)
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
“Money can always be traced. It leaves a trail of slime behind it wherever it goes.”
Michael Swanwick book Stations of the Tide
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 2, “Witch Cults of Whitemarsh” (p. 26)
“People leave traces of themselves where they feel most comfortable, most worthwhile.”
Haruki Murakami book Dance Dance Dance
Source: Dance Dance Dance
Lata Mangeshkar (1929) Indian singer
Quotes, 29 November 2013, The Sunday Indian http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/quote-of-the-day/,
“A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.”
René Char (1907–1988) 20th-century French poet
Un poète doit laisser des traces de son passage, non des preuves. Seules les traces font rêver.
As quoted in The French-American Review (1976) by Texas Christian University, p. 132
Variant translation: A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Only traces bring about dreams.
As quoted in Popular Dissent, Human Agency, and Global Politics (2000) by Roland Bleiker, p. 50
“A people always ends by resembling its shadow.”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Said to author and critic André Maurois c. 1930, on the subject of the transformation of Germany.
Quoted in Maurois, The Art of Writing, “The Writer's Craft,” sct. 2 (1960).
Other works
Leopold Mandić (1866–1942) Catholic priest; saint
Quoted in Pope John Paul II, Homily for the Canonization of Father Leopold of Castelnovo (16 October 1983) https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/homilies/1983/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19831016_leopoldo-da-castelnovo.html. <br class="br">Original: (it) Nascondiamo tutto, anche quello che può avere apparenza di dono di Dio, affinché non se ne faccia mercato. A Dio solo l'onore e la gloria! Se fosse possibile, noi dovremmo passare sulla terra come un'ombra che non lascia traccia di sé.