Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Vice and Virtue, iii
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part II - Elementary Morality
Source: Diverse new Sorts of Soylenot yet brought into any publique Use, 1594, p. 30; Cited in: Malcolm Thick (1994)
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Vice and Virtue, iii
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part II - Elementary Morality
“Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.”
Ruskin Bond (1934) British Indian writer
Source: A Book of Simple Living
Hugh Plat (1552–1608) writer
Source: Diverse new Sorts of Soylenot yet brought into any publique Use, 1594, p. 21-22; Cited in: Malcolm Thick, " Sir Hugh Plat and the Chemistry of Marling. http://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/42n2a5.pdf" Agr. Hist. Rev 42 (1994): 156-157.
“Broadway has been very good to me. But I've been very good to Broadway, too.”
Ethel Merman (1908–1984) American actress and singer
Quoted in "Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women", Bill Adler (2001), page 90.
“People who can be very good can be very bad too.”
Agatha Christie book They Do It with Mirrors
Source: They Do It with Mirrors
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Tighe Hopkins in The Women Napoleon Loved
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“He would make a good manager, but he had a little too much integrity to survive in a top job.”
Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, The Engines of God (1994), Chapter 12 (p. 161)