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“I would rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I am 45.”
Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
“THE ODIUM
Did you know,
that lack of touch
sometimes hurts more
than a strike?”
Marcin Malek (1975) Polish writer
Among the things (2012), Page 134, the whole piece
Laurence Tribe (1941) American lawyer and law school professor
The Invisible Constitution (2008), Distinguishing "The Constitution" from "Constitutional Law"
“[W]e may... find more common ground than we currently imagine.”
Laurence Tribe (1941) American lawyer and law school professor
Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew
“Thrones and crowns of worldly kings carry worth less than shows of donkey for us.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) Indian Sufi saint
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 270
“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss poet
No. 536
Aphorisms on Man (1788)
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American writer
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Three, Brains Changing, Minds Changing
“I'd rather be judged for doing something interesting than not judged and be so utterly boring.”
Book: Cometan, the Omnidoxy
“It’s good being young,” he said, “but some people wear it better than others.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 42 (p. 432)
“Don't holla till you are out of the wood. This is a night for praying rather than boasting.”
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
Hereward the wake, 1866.
“I would rather save the life of one citizen than kill a thousand enemies.”
Scipio Africanus (-235–-183 BC) Roman general in the Second Punic War
...malle se unum civem servare quam mille hostes occidere.
According to the Historia Augusta (fourth century), Roman emperor Antoninus Pius often repeated this saying of Scipio ("Antoninus Pius", 9.10); no earlier attribution to Scipio (or mention of the dictum itself, for that matter) is known.
Disputed
“[T]he devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.”
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Vol. III, John XV: 22–27, p. 123
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)
“Stand not a beggar before the door of science seeking power that kills more than heals.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher
Sayings of Swami Sivanada (1947)