Atul Gawande book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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English epic poet 1608–1674Related quotes
“A problem shared is a problem doubled.”
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 1
“Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.”
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
In support of John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 26, 2004
2000s
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
Phil Jackson (1945) basketball player and coach from the United States
“We have an army without airplanes and without tanks. What sort of strength is this?”
Ayad Allawi (1945) Iraqi politician
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
Quem poderá do mal aparelhado
Livrar-se sem perigo sabiamente,
Se lá de cima a Guarda soberana
Não acudir à fraca força humana?
Stanza 30, lines 5–8 (tr. Richard Fanshawe)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto II
“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) New Zealand author
Letter to Ottoline Morrell (January 1922)