Featherisms (2008)
“It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Es ist ein Unglück, daß ein braves Talent und ein braver Mann so selten zusammen kommen!
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“1752. Great and Good are seldom the same Man.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
“3540. Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Of Anger.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.”
Matthew Henry (1662–1714) Theologician from Wales
Ecclesiastes 7.
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