Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 589.
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 589.
“Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.’ (Syn)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Born of Fire
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Prelude, Stanza 1.
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)
“Too much SALT isn’t good for you.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Remark about the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in Reykjavík, Iceland, quoted by James Reston, 'The New York Times (6 July 1986)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
“In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.”
Norman Mailer book The Presidential Papers
Preface
The Presidential Papers (1963)
“620. Before you make a friend eate a bushell of salt with him.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.”
Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer
Source: The Final Empire
“Until he gives you a reason not to trust him, behave as though you trust him.”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship