W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Notes on the Comic", p. 372
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
Source: The Book of Lost Things
W. H. Auden book The Dyer's Hand
"Notes on the Comic", p. 372
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
“I had loved so infrequently I felt a debt to those whom I had, for the reprieve from solitude.”
Michael Nava (1954) American writer
Source: Henry Rios series of novels, How Town (1990), p.198
“To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
“I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 595
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
From the interview Professione DJ https://issuu.com/massimomarino/docs/viviroma_magazine_aprile_2016/64, Viviromamagazine.com <br class="br">Original: (it) [Se tornassi indietro eviteresti di...] Lavorare e dar fiducia a persone decisamente false e scorrette. "Amo chi osa, odio chi usa". <br class="br">Source: From the interview by Andrea Belfiore, Professione DJ https://issuu.com/massimomarino/docs/viviroma_magazine_aprile_2016/64, Viviromamagazine.com, April 4, 2016, pp. 64-65 on Issuu.com https://issuu.com/massimomarino/docs/viviroma_magazine_aprile_2016/64.
“Those whom the gods love grow young.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A humorous reference to Menander's "ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος [whom the gods love dies young]".
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“Women love only those whom they do not know!”
Mikhail Lermontov book A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time (1840; rev. 1841)