1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
“What is one man's safety is another man's destruction.”
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 13, Wreck of a Spanish Ship.
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English trader, writer and journalist 1660–1731Related quotes
“What is one man's gain is another's loss.”
Connor v. Kent (1891), 61 L. J. Rep. Mag. Ca. 18.
“What is clear to one man may be doubtful to another.”
Godfrey v. Hudson (1788), 2 Esp. 500.
“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.”
“Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate.”
Source: The Wife
“Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!”
Theodosius, or the Force of Love (acted 1680), Act iii., Sc. 2.
“One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.”
“One
man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.”
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