
As reported by Heraclides Ponticus (c. 360 BC), and Diogenes Laërtius, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 6, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
The Moviegoer (1961)
As reported by Heraclides Ponticus (c. 360 BC), and Diogenes Laërtius, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 6, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
1982 Chairman's Letter http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1982.html
Letters to Shareholders (1957 - 2012)
Broadcast (27 September 1938), quoted in The Times (28 September 1938), p. 10
Prime Minister
“Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.”
Ruhm muß daher erst erworben werden: die Ehre hingegen braucht bloß nicht verloren zu gehen.
Vol. 1. Ch. 4: Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others, §4-Honor
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
"What We Need", editorial published (24 October 1917), as quoted in Stalin : A Biography (2004) by Robert Service; also in Sochineniya, Vol. 3, p. 389
Variant translation:
The present imposter government, which was not elected by the people and which is not accountable to the people, must be replaced by a government recognized by the people, elected by representatives of the workers, soldiers and peasants, and held accountable to their representatives
As quoted in The Bolsheviks Come to Power : The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd (2004) by Alexander Rabinowitch, p. 252
Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews