“My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Report to Greco
Author's Introduction, p. 15
Report to Greco (1965)
Source: The Golden Lily
“My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Report to Greco
Author's Introduction, p. 15
Report to Greco (1965)
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
George Meredith book Diana of the Crossways
Ch. 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=pDlxjZ-z-woC&q=%22A+witty+woman+is+a+treasure+a+witty+beauty+is+a+power%22&pg=PA2#v=onepage. <br class="br">Source: Diana of the Crossways http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4470/4470.txt (1885)
“Unlike my subject will I frame my song,
It shall be witty, and it shan't be long.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
Epigram on ("Long") Sir Thomas Robinson
“Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done.”
Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938) United States federal judge
Page 132
Other writings, The Growth of the Law (1924)
“Conquered people tend to be witty.”
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
Mr. Sammler's planet, (1976), p. 98
General sources
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers (1767): Deuxième Entretien
Citas
“A witty woman is a devil at intrigue.”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
Une femme d'esprit est un diable en intrigue.
L'École des Femmes (1662), Act III, sc. iii
John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
Source: Experience and Nature (1925), p. 21