„I love truth, and wish to have it always spoken to me : I hate a liar. (translated by Thornton)“
— Plautus, Mostellaria
Mostellaria (The Haunted House), Ego verum amo, verum vol mihi dici : mendacem odi.
Mostellaria, Act I, scene 3, line 26
„Do not treat me in this fashion. Don't leave me out. Have I not
Always spoken the truth in my books?“
— Bertolt Brecht, Context: Do not treat me in this fashion. Don't leave me out. Have I not
Always spoken the truth in my books? And now
You treat me like a liar! I order you:
Burn me!
Those who lead the country into the abyss
Call ruling too difficult
For ordinary men.
Ah, what an age it is
When to speak of trees is almost a crime
For it is a kind of silence about injustice!
A response to the Nazi book burnings, in "To Posterity" (1939) as translated by H. R. Hays (1947)
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„Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.“
— Moby Activist, American musician, DJ and photographer 1965
As quoted in "I lost my heart in... New York", in The Guardian (13 May 2005) http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2005/may/14/lostmyheart.guardiansaturdaytravelsection
„They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.“
— Otto von Bismarck German statesman, Chancellor of Germany 1815 - 1898
1870s, Talking to Gyula Andrássy in Salzburg on 18 September 1877. As quoted in Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Eastern Question. A Study in Diplomacy and Party Politics (1935) by Robert William Seton-Watson, p. 224 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=5CPVAAAAMAAJ&q=fox; "Schlaukopf" is translated elsewhere as "clever dick" or "smart aleck."
With deal (instead of do) with a pirate, in Prime Minister Gyula Andrássy's influence on Habsburg foreign policy during the Franco-German War of 1870-1871 (1979) by János Decsy, p. 21 http://books.google.de/books?id=JtUhAAAAMAAJ&q=111
„Man behandelt mich wie einen Fuchs, wie einen Schlaukopf erster Klasse. Die Wahrheit aber ist, qu'avec un gentleman je suis toujours gentleman et demi, et que quand j'ai affaire à un corsaire, je tâche d'etre corsaire et demi"
:Eduard von Wertheimer: Graf Julius Andrássy. Sein Leben und seine Zeit. Vol. III. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt Stuttgart 1914 pp. 42-43 http://books.google.de/books?id=2skhAAAAMAAJ&q=demi
„I wear glasses because I need them; I don't wear them to be the fashion victim, I have to have them because I have a stigma in one eye and I'm blind in another. But I make it fun, I make it acceptable to fit in society; I've always worn crazy, goofy glasses, it's just what I do. This is who I am. Love me or leave me.“
— Anastacia American singer-songwriter 1968
General Quotes, The Time Finally Comes for Anastacia http://www.pauseandplay.com/the-time-finally-comes-for-anastacia/, PauseandPlay.com, April 9, 2000.
„I don't suffer much from solitude in the evenings. I spring upon my books. I always spoke a good word for solitude, and it is grateful to me. Books ward off the ghastly thoughts.“
— Samuel Palmer British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker 1805 - 1881
The Life and letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher (AH Palmer, London, 1892)
„Go on. Treat me like the page of a book. Your book.“
— Peter Greenaway British film director 1942
The Pillow Book, Jerome, to Nagiko
„…in October 1866 I broke out as a lecturer, and from that day to this I have always been able to gain my living without doing any work; for the writing of books and magazine matter was always play, not work. I enjoyed it; it was merely billiards to me.“
— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910
p. 245
„I have my books and my poetry to protect me“
— Paul Simon American musician, songwriter and producer 1941
„I do not like books. I believe I have the smallest library of any literary man in London, and I have no wish to increase it. I keep my books at the British Museum and at Mudie's, and it makes me very angry if anyone gives me one for my private library.“
— Samuel Butler novelist 1835 - 1902
Ramblings In Cheapside (1890)
„I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.“
— Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems
„“I’ll do everything I can to help, I promise.”
“You always have,” Emily murmured. Except tell me the truth about anything.“
— M. K. Hobson, buch The Native Star
The Native Star (2010), Chapter 23, “The Skycladdische and the Sangrimancer” (p. 329)
