“Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
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“Some women have a weakness for shoes… I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“840. Barefoot must not go among Thorns.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot., Poor Richard's Almanack (1742) : He that sows thorns, should not go barefoot., and Poor Richard's Almanack (1756) : He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2289. He that scattereth Thorns, must not go Barefoot.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.”
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
“Going Barefoot,” On the Vineyard (1980)
“Always tell the truth, even if it should make him jump out of his shoe.”
Jules Van Praet (1806–1887) Belgian diplomat
Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Van Praet (1806-1887) http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#2.%20 He certainly did not play his role of chief of staff to the king as that of a submissive slave: this is apparent from a preserved quote from him in Bruges in which he was determined to be his king. VIAENE, V. “Leopold I, Belgian Diplomacy and the Culture of the European Concert, 1831-1865”, 130. Van Praet then rebelled against the fact that Leopold I had already had several mistresses there, which according to the private secretary was detrimental to the popularity of the monarchy.
Saadi book Gulistan of Sa'di
Source: Gulistan (1258), Chapter 3, story 19. Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold. ( Persian version https://ganjoor.net/saadi/golestan/gbab3/sh18/)
“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.”
James Allen (1864–1912) British philosophical writer
