
“Busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wallpaper.”
"The Ethics of Pig"
The Gentle Grafter (1908)
In re Liverpool Household Stores Assoc. (1890), 59 L. J. Rep. C. D. 618.
“Busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wallpaper.”
"The Ethics of Pig"
The Gentle Grafter (1908)
“What is clear to one man may be doubtful to another.”
Godfrey v. Hudson (1788), 2 Esp. 500.
“The man irritated her just like a rash.”
Source: Honor's Splendour
“What may be good circumstances in one man, cannot be deemed so in another.”
Rex v. Locker (1803), 5 Esp. 106.
“One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.”
Source: Persuasion
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem
“Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.”
“Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.”
"Indolence of the Filipino" in La Solidaridad (1890)
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 104.