
As quoted in The New York Times (3 January 1985)
Ecclesiastes 7.
Commentaries
As quoted in The New York Times (3 January 1985)
Podcast (25 August 2006)
“What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.”
Source: Iron Lake
“For seldom shall she hear a tale
So sad, so tender, and so true.”
Jemmy Dawson (c. 1745), st. 20
“It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.”
Es ist ein Unglück, daß ein braves Talent und ein braver Mann so selten zusammen kommen!
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ”
“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”
“A good time is seldom had by all.”
Featherisms (2008)
“Words one can hear, the face is plain to see:
The inmost heart one seldom can discern.”
Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto,
Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar possi.
Canto V, stanza 8 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)