Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
"A Clean Conscience Never Relaxes"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
“One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.”
Steven Brust (1955) American fantasy and science fiction author
“One man's faith is another man's delusion”
Anthony Storr (1920–2001) English psychiatrist
“One
man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“One man's pornography is another man's theology.”
Clive Barker (1952) author, film director and visual artist
“One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
“1: One man's constant is another man's variable.”
Alan Perlis Epigrams on Programming
Epigrams on Programming, 1982
“What is one man's safety is another man's destruction.”
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) English trader, writer and journalist
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 13, Wreck of a Spanish Ship.
“4380. That which is one Man’s Meat, is another Man’s Poison.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)