James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
A Glance Behind the Curtain (1843)
“Fie on possession,
But if a man be vertuous withal.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer, book The Canterbury Tales
The Franklin's Tale, l. 10998
The Canterbury Tales
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Nītiśataka 2
Variant translation from K.M. Joglekar:
That woman about whom I constantly meditate has no affection for me; she, however, yearns after another who is attached to someone else; while a certain woman pines away for me. Fie on her, on him, on the God of Love, on that woman, and on myself.
Śatakatraya
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“Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.”
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"Los Viajes"
Laurence Sterne book The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Book I, Ch. 19.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
“It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly…”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
Section I
Variant translation: It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.
On the Spirit of Geometry
“Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
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The Story of My Life (trans. Sartarelli/Hawkes 2001), Preface, p. 10
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Variant: [H]appy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses[. ]
