“God was finally going to believe
in a man both good and strong,
but good and strong
are still two different men.”

— Wisława Szymborska

"Our Century's Decline"
Poems New and Collected (1998), The People on the Bridge (1986)

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Polish writer 1923–2012

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“Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only!
Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap
together like two mighty wings and lift him high.”

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer

Odysseus, Book VIII, line 770
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)

“strong>The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.</strong”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

Appeal for the Hospital The Pennsylvania Gazette (8 August 1751).
1760s

“But to admire a strong person
and to live under that strong person’s thumb are
two different things.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“I don't believe the good times are over.
I don't believe the thrill is all gone.
Real love is a man's salvation;
The weak ones fall, the strong carry on.”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

Straight Into Darkness
Lyrics, Long After Dark (1982)

“The Government were on the look-out for a good, strong business man, with some push and go in him, who will be able to put the thing through.”

David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Speech in the House of Commons (9 March 1915) on the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) Bill, quoted in The Times (10 March 1915), p. 14
Chancellor of the Exchequer