Martin Lee (1938) Hong Kong politician
Exclusive: Beijing completely broke their promise on Hong Kong, says veteran democrat Martin Lee
“There 's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.”
Stanzas for Music (March 1815), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Hegbert Sullivan, Chapter 13, p. 239
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John Norris (1657–1711) English theologian, philosopher and poet
The Parting. Compare: "Like those of angels, short and far between", Robert Blair, The Grave, line 588.; "Like angel visits, few and far between", Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, part ii. line 378.
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199705201832.LAA28393@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“The kiss you take is paid by that you give:
The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.”
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) 1st Baron Lansdowne
Heroic Love, Act V, scene 1; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Kissing", p. 416-19.
“If you give me an army of Turks, I can take the whole world hostage.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Keep some measure in the joy you take in luck, and the degree you
give way to sorrow.”
Archilochus (-680–-645 BC) Ancient Greek lyric poet
Fragment 67, as translated by R. Lattimore http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/arkhilokhos67.htm<br>Variant translations:<br>Soul, my soul, don't let them break you,<br>all these troubles. Never yield:<br>though their force is overwhelming,<br>up! attack them shield to shield...<br> "Archilochos: To His Soul" : A fragment http://web.archive.org/20030629194753/geocities.com/joncpoetics/translations/Archsoul.htm as translated from the Greek by Jon Corelis http://web.archive.org/20030805055937/www.geocities.com/joncpoetics/<br>Take the joy and bear the sorrow,<br>looking past your hopes and fears:<br>learn to recognize the measured<br>dance that orders all our years.<br>"Archilochos: To His Soul" : A fragment, as translated from the Greek by Jon Corelis <br class="br">Fragments <br class="br">Context: Heart, my heart, so battered with misfortune far beyond your strength,<br>up, and face the men who hate us. Bare your chest to the assault<br>of the enemy, and fight them off. Stand fast among the beamlike spears.<br>Give no ground; and if you beat them, do not brag in open show,<br>nor, if they beat you, run home and lie down on your bed and cry.<br>Keep some measure in the joy you take in luck, and the degree you<br>give way to sorrow. All our life is up-and-down like this.
“Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.”
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon
On his famous moonwalk, as quoted in In the Shadow of the Moon : A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (2007) by Francis French and Colin Burgess
Context: Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying. Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle.