“Please don't applaud. It may irritate your neighbour.”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974)
Receiving a mixed reaction to his speech at the Conservative Party conference, Blackpool (14 October 1981), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 731.
Post-Prime Ministerial
Benjamin Graham (1894–1976) American investor
Part III, Chapter XIII, The Reservoir Plan and Credit Control, p. 154
Storage and Stability (1937)
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Source: The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927), p. 156.
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
Peter Shaffer (1926–2016) English playwright and screenwriter
Source: Five Finger Exercise
“Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!”
Wei Wu Wei (1895–1986) writer
Why Lazarus Laughed: The Essential Doctrine, Zen — Advaita — Tantra (1960)
“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
Source: Essais (1595), Book III, Chapter X. Of Managing the Will. End of First Paragraph.
