“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.”
Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7
Book I, ch. II, The Passage from Madeira to the Cape Verd Islands, and from thence to the Cape of Good Hope.
A Voyage Round the World (1777)
“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.”
Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7
“Young people suffer less from their faults than from the prudence of the old.”
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.
“It bodes well for the future that young people are thinking so intently about political issues.”
On a return visit to their former school, Heckmondwike Grammar School — Emmerdale actress Tracy Brabin and Labour politician Jo Cox return to Heckmondwike Grammar School http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-news/emmerdale-actress-tracy-brabin-labour-7818688 (23 September 2014)
“The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.”
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 130
Answering a question about his weaknesses in the Swedish newspaper Expressen (August 30, 2000).
“A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads.”
During appearance on "Tonight Show" (21 February 2014) http://washingtonexaminer.com/michelle-obama-young-people-are-knuckleheads/article/2544377
2010s
“I think too many promising young minds are wasted on it.”
On college graduates considering law as a career: Address to the Claremont McKenna College Res Publica Society Luncheon http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/temp_fn.asp?volumeFN=22&issueFN=05&articleFN=10&typeFN=s (31 January 2007).
2000s