Source: The Crimson Crown
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Man, like a light in the night, is kindled and put out.”
Fragment 26
Numbered fragments
“676. A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“319. Little sticks kindle the fire, great ones put it out.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out.”
Todos los soles se esfuerzan en encender tu llama y un microbio la extingue.
Voces (1943)
“1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“He was passionate and thought he was wise; I was a fool and suspected it; I was nearer to wisdom.”
Il était passionné et se croyait sage; j'étais folle, mais je m'en doutais, et, sous ce point de vue, j'étais plus près que lui de la Sagesse.
Maximes et Pensées, #562
Maxims and Considerations
Life of Marcus Cato
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
