“A man who has never looked on Niagra has but a faint idea of a cataract; and he who has not read Barère's Memoirs may be said not to know what it is to lie.”
On Mémoires de Bertrand Barère (1844)
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British historian and Whig politician 1800–1859Related quotes
“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Quoted in the "Apophthegms, Sentiments, Opinions and Occasional Reflections" of Sir John Hawkins (1787-1789) in Johnsonian Miscellanies (1897), vol. II, p. 6, edited by George Birkbeck Hill
Source: Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
“He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.”
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) Professional baseball player
Attributed without citation in Young, David. Breakthrough Power for Golfers: A Daily Guide to an Extraordinary Life, Wind Runner Press, 2011. p. 189.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
As quoted in Art of Communicating Ideas (1952) by William Joseph Grace, p. 389
Disputed
Herbert N. Casson (1869–1951) Canadian journalist and writer
Herbert N. Casson in: Forbes (1948). p. 42
1920s-1940s
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: The Armor of God (1943), Ch. 1, p. 4
“The man is always the last to know when
Cupid has struck him
-Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress”
Sabrina Jeffries (1960) American writer
Source: One Night with a Prince
José Saramago book The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Então Jesus voltou lentamente o rosto para ela e disse. Não conheço mulher. Maria segurou-lhe as mãos, Assim temos de começar todos, homens que não conheciam mulher, mulheres que não conheciam homem, um dia o que sabia ensinou, o que não sabia aprendeu.
Source: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991), p. 235
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter V