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Valéry, Paul
1871–1945
1871–1945
1
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. The rest is literature.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. The rest is literature.
Moralités
(1932) p. 41.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Tel Quel 1
(1941) "Moralités"
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Tel Quel 2
(1943) "Rhumbs"
Vanbrugh, John
1664–1726
1664–1726
1
belinda
: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil.
lady brute
: That may be a mistake in the translation.
So, now I am in for Hobbes's voyage, a great leap in the dark.
"Heartfree" on marriage
When once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her body.
belinda
: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil.
lady brute
: That may be a mistake in the translation.
The Provoked Wife
(1697) act 1, sc. 1
So, now I am in for Hobbes's voyage, a great leap in the dark.
"Heartfree" on marriage
The Provoked Wife
(1697) act 5, sc. 5.
When once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her body.
The Relapse
(1696) act 3, sc. 1
van Damm, Vivian
c.
1889–1960
c.
1889–1960
1
We never closed.
of the Windmill Theatre, London, during the Second World War
We never closed.
of the Windmill Theatre, London, during the Second World War
Tonight and Every Night
(1952) ch. 18
Vanderbilt, William Henry
1821–85
1821–85
1
The public be damned!
on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains
The public be damned!
on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains
letter from A. W. Cole to
New York Times
25 August 1918
van der Post, Laurens
1906–96
1906–96
1
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
I don't think a man who has watched the sun going down could walk away and commit a murder.
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
Lost World of the Kalahari
(1958)
I don't think a man who has watched the sun going down could walk away and commit a murder.
in
Daily Telegraph
17 December 1996; obituary
Van Dyke, Henry
1852–1933
1852–1933
1
Time is
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love,
Time is eternity.
Time is
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love,
Time is eternity.
"Time is too slow for those who wait" (1905), read at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; Nigel Rees in "Quote…Unquote" October 1997 notes that the original form of the last line is "Time is not"
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