„After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.“
Origine: I Am Legend and Other Stories
Richard Matheson7
scrittore e sceneggiatore statunitense 1926 - 2013Citazioni simili
— Mark Kac Polish-American mathematician 1914 - 1984
Origine: Enigmas Of Chance (1985), Chapter 5, Cornell, p. 96.
— Jorge Luis Borges, libro The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
As translated by Lilia Graciela Vázquez
Variant: The impossibility of penetrating the divine scheme of the universe does not, however, dissuade us from planning human schemes, even though we know they must be provisional. The Analytic Language of Wilkins is not the least admirable of these schemes.
As translated by Will Fitzgerald
Other Inquisitions (1952), The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
Contesto: The impossibility of penetrating the divine pattern of the universe cannot stop us from planning human patterns, even though we are conscious they are not definitive. The analytic language of Wilkins is not the least admirable of such patterns.
— Clarence Darrow American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union 1857 - 1938
The Sign (May 1938) This has been misquoted as: The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
„A stroke with the edges, though made with ever so much force, seldom kills, as the vital parts of the body are defended both by the bones and armor; on the contrary a stab, though it penetrates but two inches, is generally fatal.“
Caesa enim, quouis impetu ueniat, non frequenter interficit, cum et armis uitalia defendantur et ossibus; at contra puncta duas uncias adacta mortalis est.
— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, libro De re militari
Book 1
De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book I, "The Selection and Training of New Levies"
„Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.“
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
— Gregory Benford Science fiction author and astrophysicist 1941
White Creatures, p. 170 (Originally published in New Dimensions 5, edited by Robert Silverberg), 1975
In Alien Flesh (1986)
„Most Channel crossings are won or lost before the first stroke is even taken.“
— Lewis Pugh Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer 1969
16 January 2016, Lewis Pugh's blog
Speaking & Features
— George William Russell Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter 1867 - 1935
The Economics of Ireland and the Policy of the British Government (1921)
„Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Origine: The Great Gatsby
