
„Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain
That has been, and may be again.“
— William Wordsworth, The Solitary Reaper
The Solitary Reaper.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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— William Wordsworth, The Solitary Reaper
The Solitary Reaper.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
— Ulysses S. Grant 18th President of the United States 1822 - 1885
Source: 1880s, Ch. 12.
— Chester W. Nimitz United States Navy fleet admiral 1885 - 1966
As quoted in Historic Ship Exhibits in the United States (1969), by United States Naval History Division, United States Navy, p. 24
— Peg O'Connor American philosopher 1965
"Anxiety Is a Part of Human Nature" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-stirred-not-shaken/201703/anxiety-is-part-human-nature, Psychology Today, (Mar 24, 2017).
— Brandon Sanderson American fantasy writer 1975
Source: The Well of Ascension
— Otto Neurath austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist 1882 - 1945
Otto Neurath (1935) "What is Meant by a Rational Economic Theory?" 1935/1987, p. 95; as cited in Cat (2014)
1930s
— Dattopant Thengadi Indian politician 1920 - 2004
L.K. Advani, The Organiser, 31 October 2004 issue. p. 13, Article Named- Dedicated Rashtrasevak https://web.archive.org/web/20120331123458/http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesa3a9.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=48&page=13
— Anne Brontë, book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Preface, 2nd edition (22 July 1848)
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
Context: I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are, or should be, written for both men and women to read, and I am at loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.
— Marilyn Manson American rock musician and actor 1969
Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
— Mikhail Bulgakov, book The Master and Margarita
Source: The Master and Margarita
— Walter Model German field marshal 1891 - 1945
September 3 1944, <Appeal to the Soldiers of the Army of the West>. Quoted in "Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944" - Page 191 - by Joachim Ludewig - 2012
— Norman Cousins American journalist 1915 - 1990
Quoted in History of Sikh Struggles (1989) by Gurmit Singh, p. 189.
— Karl Jaspers German psychiatrist and philosopher 1883 - 1969
Man in the Modern Age (1933)
— Andrew Biersack American singer-songwriter 1990
— Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors 1943 - 1971
An American Prayer (1978)
Context: Now listen to this...
Ill tell you about texas radio and the big beat
Soft driven, slow and mad Like some new language
Reaching your head with the cold, sudden fury of a divine messenger
Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god
Wandering, wandering in hopeless night
Out here in the perimeter there are no stars...
Out here we is stoned...
Immaculate.
— Arthur Schopenhauer, book Parerga and Paralipomena
Meistens belehrt uns erst der Verlust über den Wert der Dinge.
Source: Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
— Madison Grant, book The Passing of the Great Race
The Passing of the Great Race (1916)
Captivi, Act II, scene 2, line 75.
Variant translation: There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. (translation by Henry Thomas Riley)
Captivi (The Prisoners)
Original: (la) Non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo. Scio ego, multos jam lucrum luculentos homines reddidit. Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum.