“Trust not too much to that enchanting face;
Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.
Book II, line 17 (tr. John Dryden)
Eclogues (37 BC)
Letter to Sophie Germain (30 April 1807) ([...]; les charmes enchanteurs de cette sublime science ne se décèlent dans toute leur beauté qu'à ceux qui ont le courage de l'approfondir. Mais lorsqu'une personne de ce sexe, qui, par nos meurs [sic] et par nos préjugés, doit rencontrer infiniment plus d'obstacles et de difficultés, que les hommes, à se familiariser avec ces recherches épineuses, sait néanmoins franchir ces entraves et pénétrer ce qu'elles ont de plus caché, il faut sans doute, qu'elle ait le plus noble courage, des talents tout à fait extraordinaires, le génie superieur.)
Context: The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in all their beauty only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. But when a person of that sex, that, because of our mores and our prejudices, has to encounter infinitely more obstacles and difficulties than men in familiarizing herself with these thorny research problems, nevertheless succeeds in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating their most obscure parts, she must without doubt have the noblest courage, quite extraordinary talents and superior genius.
“Trust not too much to that enchanting face;
Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.
Book II, line 17 (tr. John Dryden)
Eclogues (37 BC)
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Sei la donna incantevole che rimane scolpita nella mia mente. Hai un carattere dominante, sei autentica e affascinante.
Source: prevale.net
Mordechai Ben-Ari (1948) Israeli computer scientist
Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 5, “Pseudoscience: What Some People Do Isn’t Science” (p. 98; quoting Louis Pasteur)
“Miracles are proud creatures; they will not reveal themselves to those who do not Believe.”
Yahia Lababidi (1973)
Signposts to Elsewhere (2008)
“Penalties are only missed by those who have the courage to take them.”
Roberto Baggio (1967) Italian association football player
Roberto Baggio, 2001<br><br>Source: AUGURI CAMPIONE: LA JUVE NON TI HA DIMENTICATO, Tutto Juve, Italian, 1 May 2014 http://www.tuttojuve.com/storia-bianconera/auguri-campione-la-juve-non-ti-ha-dimenticato-16487,
Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer
III. Concerning myths; that they are divine, and why.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
nearer, perhaps, than all the science of Tübingen. Adorable dreamer, whose heart has been so romantic who hast given thyself so prodigally, given thyself to sides and to heroes not mine, only never to the Philistines! home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
Preface to the Second Edition (1869)
Essays in Criticism (1865)
“Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.”
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) English novelist (1815-1882)
The Bertrams (1859), Ch. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=BKwxAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Those+who+have+courage+to+love+should+have+courage+to+suffer%22&pg=PA77#v=onepage