Act I, scene I. — (Fessenio).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 338.
La Calandria (c. 1507)
Gorgias.
Dyskolos
Context: Even if you were a softy, you took the mattock, you dug,
you were willing to work. In this part he most shows himself a man,
whoever tolerates making himself equal to another,
rich to poor. For this man will bear a change of fortune
with self-control. You have given a sufficient proof of your character.
I wish only that you remain as you are.
“See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
“The surest plan to make a Man
Is, think him so.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
No. 2.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)
“Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Fate
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
Peter de Noronha (1897–1970) Indian businessman
The Pageant of Life (1964), On Planning for a Better World
“God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Slip Slidin' Away
Song lyrics
Context: God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man.
We work our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away.
“Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
“Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 3, subsection 2, Of the Force of Imagination.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
