“Too many people’s careers are ruined by praise instead of propelled by criticism.”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Future Proofing You (2021)
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar (1961) Pakistani writer
Original: Original Urdu :"..."Humaray yahan, badqismati se, hijron ki aik fouj agyi hai. Usne meri industry ka bera garak kardia. Unmai se app kuch hijro ko hero ke roop mai bhi dekh sakte hain..." ~ Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar
Source: Ref https://tribune.com.pk/story/2174588/khalilur-rehman-qamar-call-adnan-malik-hijra March 12, 2020
Jean Chrétien (1934) 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Six, "I Want Clarity!", 150
“Idleness ere now has ruined both kings and wealthy cities.”
Otium et reges prius et beatas
perdidit urbes.
Gaio Valerio Catullo list of poems by Catullus
LI, last lines
Carmina
Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese writer
Between Tears And Laughter (1943), p. 71. Variant: "When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.", as quoted in The World's Funniest Laws (2005) by James Alexander, ISBN 1905102100, p. 6.
“Plots, true or false, are necessary things,
To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I line 83-84.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
John Dryden book Fables, Ancient and Modern
The First Book of Homer's Ilias
Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700)
