Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
On Napoleon; Carlyle in his essay on Mirabeau, 1837, quotes this from a "New England book".
1830s, Sir Walter Scott (1838)
“My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.”
Statement while on St. Helena (3 March 1817)
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Susan Cain (1968) self-help writer
"An introverted call to action: Susan Cain at TED2012," TED, February 28, 2012.
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il y a une élévation qui ne dépend point de la fortune: c’est un certain air qui nous distingue et qui semble nous destiner aux grandes choses; c’est un prix que nous nous donnons imperceptiblement à nous-mêmes; c’est par cette qualité que nous usurpons les déférences des autres hommes, et c’est elle d’ordinaire qui nous met plus au-dessus d’eux que la naissance, les dignités, et le mérite même.
Maxim 399.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Denis Mack Smith (1920–2017) British historian
Source: Modern Italy: A Political History, 1959, p. 297
John Rawls book A Theory of Justice
Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 26, pg. 151
“La Fortune, pour arriver à moi, passera par les conditions que lui impose mon caractère.”
Nicolas Chamfort (1741–1794) French writer
Maximes et Pensées, #329
Ric Berger (1894–1984) Swiss professor of design, decoration and art history
Europa es dividite per le muros de 30 linguas. Felicemente, inter iste linguas national, circa 10.000 parolas de origine grec e latin son commun. Iste preciose tresor linguistic debe esser utilisate al maximo sin mutilar un sol parola o inventar alteres.
Revista de Interlingua, nº 48, 1970.
“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Depuis le jour de ma naissance, ma mort s'est mise en marche. Elle marche à ma rencontre, sans se presser.
"Postambule" in La Fin du Potomac (1939); later published in Collected Works Vol. 2 (1947)
“For neither talent without instruction nor instruction without talent can produce the perfect craftsman.”
Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere.
Vitruvius book De architectura
Neither natural ability without instruction nor instruction without natural ability can make the perfect artist.
Morris Hicky Morgan translation
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter I, Sec. 3; translation by Frank Granger
Edward Teller (1908–2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist
As quoted in The Martians of Science : Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century (2006) by István Hargittai, p. 251
Context: I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.