Source: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 1. Human Nature
(Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 419]
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Lord Darlington, Act I
Variant: I can resist everything except temptation
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“Surgeons can cut out everything except cause.”
“One can acquire everything in solitude — except character.”
On peut tout acquérir dans la solitude, hormis du caractère.
Fragments
De L'Amour (On Love) (1822)
“One can survive everything nowadays except death.”
" Oscariana http://books.google.com/books?id=2otbAAAAMAAJ&q="One+can+survive+everything+nowadays+except+death"&pg=PA65#v=onepage" (1907)
“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.”
Lord Goring, Act II
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)
“You can take everything from me except the freedom to look up at the sky occasionally.”
Ólafur
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book Four: The Beauty of the Heavens
1961 - 1980
Source: 'It's About Freedom' - as quoted as last lign in 'It's About Freedom, Philip Guston's Late Works in the Schirn'; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 11/6/2013 – 2/2/2014 http://db-artmag.com/en/78/on-view/its-about-freedom-philip-gustons-late-works-in-the-schirn/
“Everything was lost except happiness.”
Attributed
