Volume iii, p. 332
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
“Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.”
Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) writer and poet from England
To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace, Book ii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
To Otto von Bismarck in June 1878, as quoted in Around the World with General Grant http://www.granthomepage.com/grantslavery.htm (1879), by John Russell Young, The American News Company, New York, vol. 7, p. 416. <br class="br">1870s, Around the World with General Grant (1879)
“Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.”
Joseph Addison book Cato
Act I, scene iv.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
“Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity”
Stephen King book Hearts in Atlantis
Source: Hearts in Atlantis
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.”
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
George Santayana, as quoted in Quotations for Our Time (1977) edited by Laurence J. Peter
Other works
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXVII: On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
Canto III, line 1065
Source: Hudibras, Part II (1664)
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Source: The Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure
