Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 7.
“Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won.”
Dico Tibi Verum, Libertas Optima Rerum: Nunquam Servili Sub Nexu Vivito, Fili
William Wallace (1270–1305) Scottish landowner and leader in the Wars for Scottish Independence
As quoted in William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland (1948) by Sir James Fergusson, p. 4
Context: My Son, Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. Then never live within the Bond of Slavery.
Thomas Brown (1662–1704) English translator and writer of satire
Laconics, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). A slightly different version is found in Brown's Works collected and published after his death. Compare: "Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te" (translation: "I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee"), Martial, Epigram i. 33; "Je ne vous aime pas, Hylas; Je n'en saurois dire la cause, Je sais seulement une chose; C'est que je ne vous aime pas", Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, Comte de Rabutin (1618–1693).
Source: See,Talk discussion
“Dark Helmet : What? You went over my helmet?”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
Spaceballs
J. Augustine Wade (1796–1845) Irish composer
T were vain to tell, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 9
“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 23.
“What, O Kunti, am I to give thee? Tell me what is in thy heart.”
Kunti character from Indian epic Mahabharata
Vayu to Kunti when Kunti invoked him.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXIII
“I tell thee Love is Nature's second sun,
Causing a spring of virtues where he shines.”
Act I, scene i.
All Fools (1605)
“Dark Helmet: I see your schwartz is as big as mine.”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
Spaceballs
Edward Coke (1552–1634) English lawyer and judge
Inscription in rings given by Coke to several of his friends on June 20, 1606, in anticipation of his judicial investiture; reported in Humphry William Woolrych, The Life of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Coke (1826) p. 75. Derived from a latin maxim, Lex est tutissima cassis; sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur: Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived.
