
“It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.”
Book 3, Ch. 38
Discourses on Livy (1517)
1840s - 1850s, Realist Manifesto', 1851/1855
“It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.”
Book 3, Ch. 38
Discourses on Livy (1517)
translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018
(original version, written by Jacoba in German:) Ich habe wieder nur Nummern gegeben. Ich bleibe bei meiner Idee, keine Titel zu geben. .. ..Titel sinds o widerlich romantisch, und jetz wird man in einiger Zeit hunderte Frühlings, Sommer, Bäume, an Liebknechts, Eberts und so weiter haben. Farbe und Linien haben für alle eine verschiedene eigene Sprache, die nicht im Titel festgelegt werden woll.
in a letter to Herwarth Walden, 14 Jan. 1920; as cited in the catalogue Der Sturm, Herwarth Walden und die Europäische Avantgarde, Berlin 1912-1932 Taschenbuch – 1961
Already in 1914 Jacoba started to number her paintings and drawings
1920's
On avoiding titling an unfinished work in “Interview with Terrance Hayes” http://katonahpoetry.com/interviews/interview-terrance-hayes/ in the Katonah Poetry Series (2017 Sep 21)
“Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.”
Satire I, l. 145.
Love of Fame (1725-1728)
On the inspiration behind the song "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" ** Chris Cornell Flashback Q&A: 'We Have to Be Aware That Life Is So Short', Yahoo!, May 19, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chris-cornell-flashback-qa-aware-life-short-023857577.html,
On songwriting
Main Street and Other Poems (1917), The Proud Poet
“A good title is the title of a successful book.”
“The head of a campaign office is just a title.”
Hou You-yi (2019) cited in " New Taipei City not to hold Double Ten flag ceremony http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/10/09/2003723650" on Taipei Times, 9 October 2019.
Book V, Chapter 13
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)