The Owl and the Nightingale, line 942; as translated by Brian Stone in The Owl and the Nightingale, Cleanness, St. Erkenwald (1971), p. 214.
Misattributed
For hit seide þe king Alfred:<br/>"Selde erendeð wel þe loþe,<br/>an selde plaideð wel þe wroþe."
Vingt ans après (Twenty Years After) (1845)
Context: Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God. When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.
“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”
Life Thoughts (1858)
“Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”
Although a very common misconception is to attribute the final part of this quote to W.C. Fields himself, it was actually first said about him by Rosten during a "roast" of Fields at the Masquer's Club in Hollywood in 1939, as Rosten explains in his book, The Power of Positive Nonsense (1977).
Context: The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields … is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
“A hungry man is an angry man.”
Quoting Bob Marley, he argued that working children should be given incentives to join school, as quoted in " Education right scales last big peak http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090805/jsp/frontpage/story_11322904.jsp" Calcutta Telegraph (5 August 2009)
“A hungry man is an angry man.”
English Proverbs (1659)
The Patriot (1774)
Context: Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
“A silent man is a thinking man. A silent woman is an angry one …”
Source: Styxx
“I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.”
Source: The Quick and the Dead
