
“He has been disassembled by her. And if she has brought him to this, what has he brought her to?”
Source: The English Patient
Shakespeare; or, The Poet
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
“He has been disassembled by her. And if she has brought him to this, what has he brought her to?”
Source: The English Patient
“A sensible man takes pleasure in what he has instead of pining for what he has not.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.”
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
Introductory p.4
A Budget of Paradoxes (1872)
the first lines in 'Manifesto du Surréalisme', Andre Breton, 1924
Le Manifeste du Surréalisme, Andre Breton (Manifesto of Surrealism; 1924)
“What is life if a man cannot count on his friends when he has gone mad?”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 12