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Sunday, 25 January
Two thoughts from Henry Fielding
“What’s vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.”
“The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.”
Monday, 26 January
Two thoughts from Daniel Defoe
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
“It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.”
Tuesday, 27 January
Two thoughts from Martin Amis
“Tremendous interest in the superficial is very characteristic of cultures in decline.”
“When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable.”
Wednesday, 28 January
Two thoughts from Tom Wolfe
“An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out only in others.”
“The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That’s not true with non-fiction.”
Thursday, 29 January
Two thoughts from Michel de Montaigne
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
Friday, 30 January
Two thoughts from Kazuo Ishiguro
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of”
“As a writer, I’m more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened”
Saturday, 31 January
Two thoughts from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
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Dear Jim,
Thank you for these as always! Some of my fave quotes from this batch:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
Tom Wolfe:
“The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That’s not true with non-fiction.”
Daniel Defoe:
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
Henry Fielding:
“The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.”
Kazuo Ishiguro:
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of”
“As a writer, I’m more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened”
Michel de Montaigne:
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
Thank you for sharing!
Love
Myq
This is a skill that has, for the most part, been lost: “I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
This was an excellent sample.