“Farewell, good Strato. — Caesar now be still: I kill'd not thee with half so good a will.”
William Shakespeare, depicting the death of Brutus in Julius Caesar, V. v
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Roman politician -85–-42 BCRelated quotes
“Now, there is a good foundation for this. But it's a half-truth.”
George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Interview with David Brancaccio (2003)
Context: The Republican Party has been captured by a bunch of extremists … People who maintain that markets will take care of everything, that you leave it to the markets and the markets know best. Therefore, you need no government, no interference with business. Let everybody pursue his own interests. And that will serve the common interest. Now, there is a good foundation for this. But it's a half-truth.
Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 30 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_30 <br class="br">Source: The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
“A woman still has to be twice as good as a man in order to get half as far.”
Fannie Hurst (1889–1968) novelist
Source: From speech at the National Conference of Women sponsored by “The New York Times.” https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/01/07/twice-good/#return-note-437251-1 Beth Blair. Women Will Have New World Status, Miami Daily News, April 27 1943, page 11A, Column 5.
“If you still thought evolution was about the good of the species, stop thinking so right now.”
Matt Ridley book Genome
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter X and Y “Conflict” (p. 113)
“Let good or ill befall,
It must be good for me,—
Secure of having Thee in all,
Of having all in Thee.”
Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) Anglican priest, hymn-writer and poet
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 594.
Christopher Paolini book Eldest
Angela bidding Eragon goodbye before he leaves for Ellesméra
Eldest (2005)
“But goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Compare: "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road..." Paul Clayton, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone).
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Context: I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well