“The fraternity of the henpecked.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 482 (12 September 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
Ibid., p. 53
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A fraternidade tem subtilezas.
“The fraternity of the henpecked.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 482 (12 September 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“Rowena: You’ve got the subtlety of a bullfrog.”
H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come
Things to Come (1936)
Francis Bacon book Novum Organum
Novum Organum (1620), Book I
Context: It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.
Aphorism 24
“Guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.”
Mark Twain book The Innocents Abroad
Source: The Innocents Abroad (1869), Ch. 27
“Where fraternities are not allowed, communism flourishes.”
Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) American politician
Reported in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 36-37, as having appeared in the Baltimore Catholic Review.
Misattributed
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
Isaac Asimov book Foundation
Part III, The Mayors, section 2
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Antony Sumich (1964) New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
Traditionalist order sees chance to come to NZ https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/12/traditionalist-order-sees-chance-come-nz/ (May 12, 2016)
“Who says fraternity, says social order”
Anselme Bellegarrigue book Anarchist Manifesto
Anarchist Manifesto (1850)
Variant: Who says antagonism, says civil war
Context: Indeed:
Who says anarchy, says negation of government;
Who says negation of government, says affirmation of the people;
Who says affirmation of the people, says individual liberty;
Who says individual liberty, says sovereignty of each;
Who says sovereignty of each, says equality;
Who says equality, says solidarity or fraternity;
Who says fraternity, says social order;
By contrast:
Who says government, says negation of the people;
Who says negation of the people, says affirmation of political authority;
Who says affirmation of political authority, says individual dependency;
Who says individual dependency, says class supremacy;
Who says class supremacy, says inequality;
Who says inequality, says antagonism;
Who says antagonism, says civil war;
From which it follows that who says government, says civil war.
“In my mind, there is still the idea of fraternity in the Bible.”
Soong Ching-ling (1893–1981) Sun Yat-Sen's wife, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (1893-1981)
In a letter written to her Japanese friend Fumiko Niki in 1978, 宋慶齡基督教思想之演變 https://exchristian.hk/wiki/doku.php/%E5%AE%8B%E6%85%B6%E9%BD%A1%E7%94%9F%E5%B9%B3%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E6%B7%B1%E5%8F%97%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E4%BF%A1%E4%BB%B0%E5%BD%B1%E9%9F%BF
Fang Lizhi (1936–2012) Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident
Obituary of Fang Lizhi http://www.economist.com/node/21552551, The Economist, 14th April 2012, p. 98