Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) Polish science fiction author
"Rien du tout, ou la conséquence" ("Nothing, or the Consequence"), in A Perfect Vacuum (1971), tr. Michael Kandel (1978)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) Polish science fiction author
"Rien du tout, ou la conséquence" ("Nothing, or the Consequence"), in A Perfect Vacuum (1971), tr. Michael Kandel (1978)
“Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors”
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) Austrian physicist
Eleganz sei die Sache der Schuster und Schneider
reported by [Arnold Berliner, Curt Thesing, Die Naturwissenschaften, Springer-Verlag, 1946, 36]
also reported by [Albert Einstein, translation by Robert W. Lawson, Relativity, Plain Label Books, 1921, 1-603-03164-2, preface]
Attributed
“I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.”
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011 film)”
John le Carré (1931) British novelist and spy
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Edna O'Brien (1930) Novelist, memoirist, biographer, playwright, poet and short story writer
Interviewed in Vogue, April 1985
“A man must pretend not to be a writer.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
Seventy Thousand Assyrians (1934)
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) Austrian physicist
Misattributed
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979 TV series)”
John le Carré (1931) British novelist and spy
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