“[ Some had rather lose their friend then their jest. ]”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Marcus Tullius Cicero180
Roman philosopher and statesman -106–-43 BCRelated quotes
Zhang Chao (1650–1707) writer
As quoted in Lin Yutang's With Love and Irony (1945), 'In Defence of Gold Diggers', p. 221
Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) English actor, writer, and dramatist
On Serbian war aims and human rights abuses during the post-Yugoslavian conlicts, and especially the Bosnian War, as quoted in (10 June 1993)
Context: It is unfortunate for all that no moral issue has ever been clearer. Any attempt to plea-bargain with outlaws and renegades will only be at the expense of honor, decency and self-respect. The Serbs, are two-dimensional people with a craving for simplicity and an ideology so basic it can be understood without effort. They need enemies, not friends, to focus their two-dimensional ideas. Life for them is a simple tune, never an orchestration, or even a pleasant harmony. Animals make use of their resources with far greater felicity than these retorted creatures, whose subscription to the human race is well in arrears.
