XIX. 360 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Αἶψα γὰρ ἐν κακότητι βροτοὶ καταγηράσκουσιν.
Song lyrics, The Millennium Bell (1999)
“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
Variant: Laila came to believe that of all the hardships a person has to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Almost Perfect State (1921)
Context: Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.
It is to old age that we look for reimbursement, the most of us. And most of us look in vain. For the most of us have been wrenched and racked, in one way or another, until old age is the most trying time of all.
In the Almost Perfect State every person shall have at least ten years before he dies of easy, carefree, happy living... things will be so arranged economically that this will be possible for each individual.
Something's missing in my ODI batting:Rohit Sharma, The Times of India, 11 October 2012 https://www.timesofindia.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/interviews/Somethings-missing-in-my-ODI-batting-Rohit-Sharma/articleshow/16762130.cms,
“Better Counsel comes overnight.”
Besserer Rat kommt über Nacht.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti (1772), Act IV, scene III http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/7mlgl10.txt
Misattributed
“Better counsel comes overnight.”
Besserer Rat kommt über Nacht.
Emilia Galotti (1772), Act IV, scene III
“Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.'”
It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.
Chris Lee, "Margot Robbie’s careful ‘overnight sensation’ plan” https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-margot-robbie-wolf-of-wall-street-20140111-story.html, Los Angeles Times, (1/11/2014)
In Legacy of Two Rich Voices - Upholding tradition without being traditionalists http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100425/jsp/opinion/story_12359659.jsp
