“One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.”
José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
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“If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.”
Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher
talk at the Conference of the AFEF, Limoges, October 30, 1977
“My greater simplicity came from a deeper level than the labyrinth of the brain.”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
1:61-2
"Quotes", Late Notebooks, 1982–1990: Architecture of the Spiritual World (2002)
“No Indian prince has to his palace
More followers than a thief to the gallows.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
Canto I, line 273
Source: Hudibras, Part II (1664)
“The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.”
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
Problems of translation (1955).
“You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state.”
Václav Klaus (1941) 2nd President of the Czech Republic
The Sierra Staff Strikes Back, With Some Help From The SPLC https://archive.is/20120529155704/www.vdare.com/walker/sierra_media_war.htm <br class="br"> Czech warns Europe of 'dream world' woes http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/nov/24/20031124-110833-1781r/
“4934. There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
speaking with the Sun on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243858.stm(June 27, 2007) <br class="br">2000s, 2007
“For shield and mail are less secure defence
To the bare breast than holy innocence.”
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet
Difesa miglior, ch'usbergo e scudo,
È la santa innocenza al petto ignudo.
Canto VIII, stanza 41 (tr. Alex. Cuningham Robertson)
Variant translation: Better defence than shield or breastplate, is holy innocence to the naked breast!
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard”
Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) Theologian, classical scholar, and academic administrator
Source: Letters, p. 244
“The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.”
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
The Fair Haven http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/fhvn10h.htm, Memoir of the Late John Pickard Owen, Ch. 3 (1873)
Patch Adams (1945) Physician, activist, diplomat, author
"Conferenza con Patch Adams a Reggio Emilia" arcoiris tv (27 March 2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goppIcodJo
“Nothing has ever been more sure-fire than truth and integrity.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
My Heart's in the Highlands (1939)
“Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you’ll make it.”
Craig Ferguson book American on Purpose
American on Purpose (2009)
“Old age," she said, "is slower than a grenade, but a lot more thorough.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Cryoburn (2010)
“Let me tell you, it’s easier to change yourself than everyone else.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“…in his fingers he has more skill than any of the rest of us.”
Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
Rubinstein remarking on a performance by Maurizio Pollini — reported in Joanne Sheehy Hoover (March 13, 1981) "Captain Of the Keyboard", The Washington Post, p. C1.
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“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Elective Affinities
Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein.
Bk. II, Ch. 5; source: Die Wahlverwandtschaften, Hamburger Ausgabe, Bd. 6 (Romane und Novellen I), dtv Verlag, München, 1982, p. 397 (II.5)
Elective Affinities (1809)
“Macri is worse than a dictator, because he came to power through voting.”
Hebe de Bonafini (1928) President of the Association of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Source: "Hebe, la demócrata" http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1857463-hebe-la-democrata:, La Nación, 2015).