Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909) Italian criminologist
Die Welt (1909); also in A Treasury of Jewish Quotations (1985) by Joseph L. Baron.
Berenger from Rhinoceros (1959)
Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909) Italian criminologist
Die Welt (1909); also in A Treasury of Jewish Quotations (1985) by Joseph L. Baron.
“It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.”
Henry Fielding book The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Source: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
“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.
“3918. Praise makes good Men better, and bad Men worse.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 3162. Learning makes a good Man better, and an ill Man worse.
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
“There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
XXIV, To The Parliament, lines 1-2
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), Epigrams
“The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Uses of Great Men
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
Hari Punja (1936) Fijian businessman
Interview with World Investment News http://www.winne.com/fiji/vi04.html, 21 January 2003 (excerpts)
“When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate.”
Marguerite de Navarre book Heptaméron
Fourth Day, Novel XL
L'Heptaméron (1558)