
“Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us.”
Before he died it is said that he cursed both King Phillip and Pope Clement V, summoning them before God, the Supreme Judge, before the year was over.
“Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us.”
Before he died it is said that he cursed both King Phillip and Pope Clement V, summoning them before God, the Supreme Judge, before the year was over.
Source: The Last Book (1999), Ch.20 (In Russian, Последняя книга,1999, ISBN 5-8246-0030-9
“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”
Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion (1990 Edition), p. 735
" Note on Dogma http://books.google.com/books?id=gcfPAAAAMAAJ&q="Those+who+believe+that+they+are+exclusively+in+the+right+are+generally+those+who+achieve+something""
Proper Studies (1927)
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
Source: The Zahir (2005), p. 65.
Context: I learned something recently: our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives...
“Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.”
Puisqu'il faut avoir des ennemis, tâchons d'en avoir qui nous fassent honneur.
Derniers portraits littéraires (1852; Paris: Didier, 1858) p. 534 ; translated by W. Fraser Rae, in Sainte-Beuve English Portraits (London: Dalby, Isbister, 1875) p. xci.