
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 109.
Maxim 715
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 109.
“My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.”
Han Tzu aka Hot Soup
Ender's Game series, Shadow of the Giant (2005)
“There's no such thing, like a female with good looks who cooks and cleans.”
"Business"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)
“Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.”
Source: Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 55