“He was a one-book man. Some men have only one book in them; others, a library.”
Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English writer and clergyman
Vol. I, ch. 11
Lady Holland's Memoir (1855)
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“A skilled soldier kills your enemies, but a skilled duelist kills your allies.”
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Curse of Chalion (2000)
“The true index of a man’s character is the health of his wife.”
Cyril Connolly book The Unquiet Grave
Part II: Te Palinure Petens (p. 64)
The Unquiet Grave (1944)
“We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes.”
Mike Tomlin (1972) head coach of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers
Following the Steelers win over the Rams in 2007, quoted in "Steelers Notebook: Turf wars — Natural or artificial at Heinz Field?" by Gerry Dulac in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (22 December 2007) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07356/843782-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml
“Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
The Light That Failed http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/TheLightThatFailed/index.html, ch. 11 (1890-1891). <br class="br">Other works
“I am not her to vent my feelings. I am here to achieve my goals.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
“My theory was that a city without a newspaper is a city without a soul.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) American politician
On acquiring El Día, now the largest newspaper by circulation in Puerto Rico, as quoted by the Associated Press http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2003/Ex-Puerto-Rican-Governor-Ferre-Dies-at-99/id-8cb93046108ad2da5ed0958cda645bfb.
“The secret of my success is longevity.”
Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000) Philosopher
In Herbert F. Vetter, " Not The Average Philosopher http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/hartshorne.html", Harvard Magazine, May/June 1997, Volume 99, Number 5. On his selection to the Library of Living Philosophers.
“The secret of success is to offend the greatest number of people.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
As quoted in Days with Bernard Shaw (1949) by Stephen Winsten
1940s and later