Preface
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
On the peers of the House of Lords, in a speech in Newcastle (9 October 1909), quoted in printed in the Manchester Guardian http://books.google.com/books?id=pDzmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1049 (11 October 1909) <br class="br">Chancellor of the Exchequer
“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
“That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Dass soviel Ungezogenheit gut durch die Welt kommt, daran ist die Wohlerzogenheit schuld.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 72.
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“To have merit to abstain from a fault, is a manner to be guilty.”
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987) French writer
Avoir du mérite à s'abstenir d'une faute, c'est une façon d'être coupable.
Alexis (1929)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“Uses of Great Men,”
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
“A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.”
O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer
“Makes the Whole World Kin,” Sixes and Sevens (1911)
