“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Bk. III, ch. 11.
1840s, Past and Present (1843)
“He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.”
Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble)
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“Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.”
Dean Acheson (1893–1971) Statesman and lawyer
Speech at West Point (5 December 1962), in Vital Speeches, January 1, 1963, page 163.
“What is a highbrow? He is a man who has found something more interesting than women.”
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) British crime writer, journalist and playwright
New York Times, 24 January 1932, sec.8, p. 6
“Whoever has found the world and become enriched, let him renounce the world.”
Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ
110
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Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“He who has a good woman's love is ashamed of every ill deed.”
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) Middle High German lyric poet
Swer guotes wîbes minne hât,
der schamt sich aller missetât.
"Waz sol ein man, der niht engert", line 11; translation from Henry John Chaytor The Troubadours (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912) p. 128.
“Who has not found the Heaven — below —
Will fail of it above”
Emily Dickinson Who has not found the Heaven — below —
1544: Who has not found the Heaven — below —
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)
Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson