“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Das Talent gleicht dem Schützen, der ein Ziel trifft, welches die Uebrigen nicht erreichen können; das Genie dem, der eines trifft, bis zu welchem sie nicht ein Mal zu sehn vermögen...
Vol. II, Ch. III, para. 31 (On Genius), 1844
As cited in The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy: Daily Wisdom from the Greatest Thinkers (2004) by Gregory Bergman, p. 137
The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859)
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
“Mercifully, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol.”
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
“Hit first! Hit hard! Keep on hitting!! (The 3 H's)”
p274 https://archive.org/stream/memoriesbyadmira00fishuoft#page/274/mode/1up
Memories (1919) https://archive.org/stream/memoriesbyadmira00fishuoft#page/n0/mode/2up
“Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!”
About Ty Cobb, a notoriously vicious player. Quoted in The Sporting News (12 July 1950); as actually published in The Sporting News, "prick" was replaced by "[censored]" — elsewhere, including Field of Screams: The Dark Underside of America's National Pastime (1994) the quote has appeared as "Ty Cobb is a prick." or sometimes "Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."
