“The plow has probably done more harm — in the long run — than the sword.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100
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“Far more important than a good remuneration is the pride of serving one's neighbor.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
On Revolutionary Medicine (1960)
“The young have less charity for aged follies than the old for those of youth.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne book The Wedding Knell
"The Wedding Knell" (1837) from Twice-Told Tales (1837, 1851)
“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 89
“We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.”
Denis Diderot (1713–1784) French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist
As quoted in Thesaurus of Epigrams: A New Classified Collection of Witty Remarks, Bon Mots and Toasts (1942) by Edmund Fuller
“The bias of each medium of communication is far more distorting than the deliberate lie.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
JQ. Journalism quarterly, Volume 50, Association for Education in Journalism, 1973, p. 145
1970s
“Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person.”
Emmitt Smith (1969) American football player and sports broadcaster
Fred Mitchell (January 26, 1994) "Self-Doubt Will Never Plague Dallas' Smith", Chicago Tribune, p. Sports: 2.
“Honestly Jace, don't you know better than to play with broken glass?”
Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments
Clary to Jace, pg. 466
The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
“I would rather be defeated than make capital out of my religion.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
Source: 1880s, Garfield's Words (1882)
“America at the turn of this century is a far freer, more egalitarian society than in 1900.”
Eric Foner (1943) American historian
2000s, The Century: A Nation's-Eye View (2002)
Stobaeus Ancient Greek anthologist
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Pythagorean Ethical Sentences
“Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.”
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
Penguin Science Fiction (1961) Introduction
“If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than our strength.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Si nous résistons à nos passions, c'est plus par leur faiblesse que par notre force.
If we conquer our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength.
Maxim 122.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
“Letting the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)
William Henry Ashurst (judge) (1725–1807) English judge
Russell v. The Mayor of Devon (1788), 1 T. R. 673.
“I am the only Iranian comedian in the world… and that's three more than Germany!”
Omid Djalili (1965) Iranian-British stand-up comedian
No Agenda (2007)
“When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.”
Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora
Interlude “The Half-Crown War” section 1 (p. 414)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
“Tomás de Torquemada: It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull.”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
History of the World, Part I
“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 118