“812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Of Anger.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Starhawk (1951) American author, activist and Neopagan
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
Charles Haughey (1925–2006) Irish politician
Ex-Irish Taoiseach Haughey dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3001775.stm (BBC News online) <br class="br">In a television documentary in the 1980s.
“Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.”
Res secundæ valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
X, 1, 40.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book X
“It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Es ist ein Unglück, daß ein braves Talent und ein braver Mann so selten zusammen kommen!
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“anger cancels good judgement!”
Sister Souljah (1964) American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer
Source: Midnight