„These are the times that try men's souls.“
Quelle: The American Crisis
Thomas Paine3
Schriftsteller und Erfinder 1737 - 1809Ähnliche Zitate
„There was a little man, and he had a little soul;
And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!“
— Thomas Moore Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779 - 1852
Little Man and Little Soul.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
— Thomas Carlyle Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher 1795 - 1881
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Divinity
— Nelson Mandela President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist 1918 - 2013
Nelson Mandela on challenges, Letter to Winnie Mandela (1 February 1975), written on Robben Island. Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/mini-site/selected-quotes
1970s
„All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.“
— Socrates classical Greek Athenian philosopher -470 - -399 v.Chr
„I count life just a stuff
To try the soul's strength on.“
— Robert Browning, In a Balcony
In a Balcony.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„There is no evil in the atom, only in men's souls.“
— Adlai Stevenson mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN 1900 - 1965
Speech in Hartford, Connecticut (18 September 1952)
— Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game hexalogy
Page 96
Ender's Game series, First Meetings in the Enderverse (2003), Teacher's Pest
Quelle: First Meetings in Ender's Universe
„God created men to test the souls of women.“
— Robert A. Heinlein, Job: A Comedy of Justice
Quelle: Job: A Comedy of Justice
„I would not open windows into men's souls.“
— Elizabeth I of England Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603 1533 - 1603
Oral tradition, possibly originating in a letter drafted for her by Francis Bacon. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkJad0EYVxIC&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.co,/books?id=0yA-MQLwOtEC&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false
„The assembled souls of all that men held wise.“
— William Davenant, buch Gondibert
Gondibert (1650), Book ii. Canto v. Stanza 37.
„Time is the soul of this world.“
— Pythagoras ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585 - -495 v.Chr
As quoted in Wisdom (2002) by Desmond MacHale
— Max Stirner, buch Das unwahre Prinzip unserer Erziehung
Quelle: The False Principle of our Education (1842), p. 23
„The killer of souls does not kill a hundred souls. He kills his own soul a hundred times.“
— Antonio Porchia Italian Argentinian poet 1885 - 1968
El matador de almas no mata cien almas; mata una alma sola, cien veces.
Voces (1943)
„Bodies have men as their masters, souls their vices and passions.“
— Philo Roman philosopher -15 - 45 v.Chr
17.
Every Good Man is Free
„Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.“
— Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher 1788 - 1860
Quelle: Essays and Aphorisms
„My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.“
— Jim Harrison American novelist, poet, essayist 1937 - 2016
Quelle: Songs of Unreason
„Have you considered the option of getting the joke? If not, try it now and redeem your soul.“
— Erik Naggum Norwegian computer programmer 1965 - 2009
Re: Lisp Machines considered Inferior http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/e8006d8ddc903c45 (Usenet article).
Usenet articles, Miscellaneous
