Il suffit quelquefois d'être grossier pour n'être pas trompé par un habile homme.
Maxim 129.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Il suffit quelquefois d'être grossier pour n'être pas trompé par un habile homme.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
La passion fait souvent un fou du plus habile homme, et rend souvent les plus sots habiles.
Variant translation: Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever.
Maxim 6.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Book One, Part II “The Warrior”, Chapter 2 (p. 49)
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)
Source: Sex and Character (1903), p. 105.
Да, человек смертен, но это было бы ещё полбеды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чём фокус!
Book One in 'Never Talk with Strangers', P/V
Source: The Master and Margarita (1967)
“Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.”
Source: Every Day
“All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due.”
Justice http://books.google.com/books?id=XjYbAAAAIAAJ&q=%22All+just+order+in+the+world+is+based+on+this+that+man+give+man+what+is+his+due%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage (1955)
The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance (1965)
“The trick is to be Zen about it. Winning is sometimes not the prize”
On Twitter before the 2009 Tony Awards, as quoted by Canada East/Associated Press. Notable quotes from 2009 Tony Awards. 8 June 2009. http://www.canadaeast.com/entertainment/article/692573
