
Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
Contributions to the analysis of the sensations (1897), translated by Cora May Williams, published by Open Court Publishing Company, p. 4
19th century
Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
2015-07-21
Trump Campaign Statement on Rick Perry
NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/21/424994751/the-best-insults-of-the-trump-kickoff-speech
2010s, 2015
"Functions of the Trust Company in the Field of Law", 52 New York State Bar Association Report 142 (1929)
"The World Domination League" (1964)
E. L. Wisty
Context: Hitler was a very peculiar person wasn't he? He was another dominator you know — Hitler. And he was a wonderful ballroom dancer. Not many people know that. … Of course Mrs Hitler was a charming woman, wasn't she? She's still alive, you know. I saw her down the Edgware Road only the other day. She'd just popped into the chemist's to buy something, and I saw her sign the cheque "Mrs Hitler" so I knew it was she. I tried to go up and talk to her, but she slipped away into the crowd. I was hoping she'd be able to come to the next meeting of the World Domination League. Not many people do.
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016), Chapter 4, “The Value of Suffering” (p. 83)
“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.”
Variant: People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Very rare people conquer you with their personality.”
Original: Le persone molto rare ti conquistano con la loro personalità.
Source: prevale.net
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), pp. 181-182.
“There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.”
G 29
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook G (1779-1783)
Variant: People understand me so little that they do not even understand when I complain of being misunderstood.
Source: The Journals of Kierkegaard