
“True greatness comes not by favoritism, but by fitness.”
1960s, The Drum Major Instinct (1968)
“True greatness comes not by favoritism, but by fitness.”
1960s, The Drum Major Instinct (1968)
““I don’t know” is my favorite position.”
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)
“But he would “stay the course” — it was his favorite motto.”
The disposition of the main character "Gustav Aschenbach", Ch. 2, as translated by David Luke
Death in Venice (1912)
“Every physician almost hath his favorite disease.”
Book II, Ch. 9
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
“Parents probably don’t know that they are playing favorites even when they are doing it.”
Source: Time for the Stars (1956), Chapter 5, “The Party of the Second Part” (p. 54)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)