Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) British hymn writer and theologian
The Greatness of God.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Ancient And Modern Muses
Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) British hymn writer and theologian
The Greatness of God.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet
Argument of Kings, 1987
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic
Misattributed
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
This quote does appear in Einstein's 1940 essay "The Fundaments of Physics" which can be found in his book Out of My Later Years (1950), but Einstein does not claim credit for it, instead calling it "Lessing's fine saying".
Misattributed
Peter Sloterdijk (1947) German philosopher
Source: Kritik der zynischen Vernunft [Critique of Cynical Reason] (1983), p. xxvii
“Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.”
Michel Houellebecq book Atomised
Source: The Elementary Particles
“The search for truth…It's not for the faint-hearted.”
Rene Balcer (1954) screenwriter, producer and director
Det. Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
“I hope that death contains
less than this.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell