Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIX : The Neighbour; Helen to Walter
“Those who are making history seldom have time to record it.”
Luther Burbank (1849–1926) American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science
A Word to the Reader, (July 1, 1920) How Plants are Trained to Work for Man: Plant breeding (1921) Vol. 1. https://books.google.com/books?id=E0MyAQAAMAAJ
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”
Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) 17th-century French writer and philosopher
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
As quoted in Sunbeams : A Book of Quotations (1990) by Sy Safransky, p. 42
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Source: The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
“Solitude is unbearable for those who can not bear themselves.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 108
Robert Greene (1959) American author
Chap. 6 : Elevate Your Perspective
The Laws of Human Nature (2018)
“Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
