“You're contending with a genius, D. J. is his name, only American alive who could outtalk Cassius Clay, that's lip.”
D.J., in Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) Ch. 1
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“This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.”
"I am the Greatest" (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZU_AvPPIQY
Context: This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.
He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y,
Of a muscular punch that's incredibly speed-y.
The fistic world was dull and weary,
But with a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary.
Then someone with color and someone with dash,
Brought fight fans a-runnin' with cash.
This brash young boxer is something to see
And the heavyweight championship is his destiny.
“Human lips are now forbidden to utter His name, for being the only God, He needs no name.”
Der Dichter, 1910. Alle Verk, x. 23.
February 25, 1964, calling the victory of Cassius Clay (who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali) over Sonny Liston.
“A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips.”
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.”
Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Ch. 15 : The Scroll Marked VIII, p. 88.
From the seventh book, "The Book of Youth"
The Pillow Book
The Italian Itinerant.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.”
"The Inwardness of Non-Co-operation". Quoted in Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches (1922), p. 144 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRXCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144.
1920s