At the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), as quoted by Sir Walter Scott, in Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk (1815).
“Whether I pound or am being pounded,
all the same there will be moaning!”
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
Peer Gynt, declaring that no matter what he does, it is not what people want, Act I, Scene I
Peer Gynt (1867)
William Stanley Jevons The Theory of Political Economy
Source: The Theory of Political Economy (1871), Chapter VII, Theory of Capital, p. 190.
John Allen Paulos book A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Section 3, “Lifestyle, Spin, and Soft News” Chapter 23, “Tsongkerclintkinbro Wins” (p. 106)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
“Auberson’s first impression of the man was of eight pounds of potatoes in a ten-pound sack.”
David Gerrold book When HARLIE Was One
Section 16 (p. 82)
When HARLIE Was One (1972)
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 21, “The Dragon’s Eye” (p. 330)
Anne Fadiman (1953) American essayist, journalist and magazine editor
Source: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Eder Jofre (1936) Brazilian boxer
Brophy, E. The Ring. Vol 74, No 1. May 1994, Page 28, Battle of the Legends.
P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist
In his travelogue Apoorvai (अपूर्वाइ), Pu La describes the non-stop flow of advice before traveling to London. This quote is one advice given to him on learning on how many pounds porters charge for carrying baggage on train stations in London.
From his various literature
