A Thought or Two on Reading Pomfret's "Choice", in The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt, London: Edward Moxon, 1846, p. 147 https://books.google.it/books?id=t7VYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA147.
“Any fool can make a rule
And every fool will mind it.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
February 3, 1860
Journals (1838-1859)
Source: http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/writings_journals_pdfs/J15f4-f6.pdf#page=289
Source: Journal #14
“Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Bringing It All Back Home (1965), It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
“Teachin' fools some basic rules! (I pity the fool)”
Mr. T (1952) American actor and retired professional wrestler
Quotes from acting
“A: I think pain the greatest of all evils.
M: Greater than disgrace?
A: That indeed I dare not affirm; and yet I am ashamed to be so soon thrown down from my position.
M: It would have been a greater shame to have maintained it.”
A: Dolorem existimo maximum malorum omnium.
M: Etiamne malus quam dedecus?
A: Non audeo id dicere equidem, et me pudet tam cito de sententia esse deiectam.
M: Magis esset pudendum, si in sententia permaneres.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
Book II, Chapter V; translation by Andrew P. Peabody
Tusculanae Disputationes – Tusculan Disputations (45 BC)
“Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.”
Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society
Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
Yip Harburg (1896–1981) American song lyricist
"Atheist".
Rhymes for the Irreverent (1965)
“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.”
Montesquieu (1689–1755) French social commentator and political thinker
J'ai toujours vu que, pour réussir dans le monde, il fallait avoir l'air fou et être sage.
Pensées Diverses
Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954) Thai military officer, junta chief, and politician
Source: Anti-Junta Protest in Khon Kaen, Despite Prayuth's Warnings http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1433764390 (8 June 2015)
“Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.”
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author
Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.
Act III, scene xi
The Mandrake (1524)
“Deeper and deeper. Ever greater power. Ever greater evil.”
Michael Shea book Nifft the Lean
Part 3, Chapter 12 (p. 181)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
