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Oscar Wilde foto

“Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.”
Společnost často odpouští zločincům; nikdy však snílkům.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
Neexistují žádná fakta, pouze jejich výklady.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Notebooks (Summer 1886 – Fall 1887)
Variant translation: Against that positivism which stops before phenomena, saying "there are only facts," I should say: no, it is precisely facts that do not exist, only interpretations…
As translated in The Portable Nietzsche (1954) by Walter Kaufmann, p. 458

Lenny Bruce foto

“Liberals can understand everything but people
who don't understand them.”

Liberálové mohou rozumět všemu, kromě lidí, kteří jim nerozumí.

Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) comedian and social critic
Robert A. Heinlein foto

“Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
Neznehodnocujte své děti tím, že jim usnadníte život.

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Time Enough for Love (1973)

Mark Twain foto

“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
Problém nespočívá v tom, umřít pro přítele, ale v hledání přítele, pro kterého stojí za to zemřít.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
Život byl určen k tomu, aby se žil a k tomu potřebujete neutuchající zvídavost. Člověk se nikdy nesmí, z jakéhokoli důvodu, životu obrátit zády.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

Preface (December 1960) to The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961), p. xix

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
Nevěřím v boha, který chce být navždy uctíván.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Stephen King foto

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
Povídka je úplně jiná věc - povídka je jako rychlý polibek ve tmě od cizince.

Stephen King kniha Skeleton Crew

Zdroj: Skeleton Crew

Jean Jacques Rousseau foto

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
Lidé, kteří vědí málo, jsou obvykle skvělí mluvčí, zatímco muži, kteří toho vědí hodně, říkají jen málo.

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
George Carlin foto

“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
Šel jsem do knihkupectví a zeptal se prodavačky: „Prosím, kde najdu oddělení svépomoci?“ Odpověděla, že kdyby mi to řekla, úplně by to zmařilo pointu.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Oscar Wilde foto

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
Pokud si člověk nemůže užít čtení knihy znovu a znovu, nemá smysl ji vůbec číst.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Sylvia Plath foto

“Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die.”
Je dobré vědět, že pokud budu někdy potřebovat pozornost, stačí umřít.

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
William Shakespeare foto

“O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)”
Ach, nauč mě, jak mám zapomenout myslet.

William Shakespeare kniha Romeo a Julie

Zdroj: Romeo and Juliet

Abraham Lincoln foto

“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
Tento muž se mi nelíbí. Musím ho lépe poznat.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

As quoted in "Wisdom of a forefather" https://web.archive.org/web/20100716212616/http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=546 (11 February 2009), Colorado State University.
Posthumous attributions

E.E. Cummings foto

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
Dospět a stát se tím, kým skutečně jste, vyžaduje odvahu.

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
Terry Pratchett foto

“Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel?”
Kdo by nechtěl být raději stoupající opicí než padajícím andělem?

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

A similar remark was reportedly made by Pratchett in The Herald (4 October 2004): I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Kontext: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.

George Bernard Shaw foto

“Animals are my friends… and I don't eat my friends.”
Zvířata jsou mí přátelé a já svoje přátele nejím.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Jane Austen foto

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?”
Proč bychom byli na světě, než abychom poskytovali povyražení svým bližním a na oplátku se opět sami na jejich účet zasmáli?

Jane Austen kniha Pýcha a předsudek

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Seth Godin foto

“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
Pokud vás to děsí, možná by bylo dobré to vyzkoušet.

Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
Arthur Conan Doyle foto

“You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”
Máte velký dar mlčet, Watsone. Díky tomu jste jako společník naprosto nenahraditelný.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author

Zdroj: The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Jean De La Fontaine foto

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Trpělivost a dlouhý čas zmohou víc nežli vztek a síla.

Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.

Patience et longueur de temps
Font plus que force ni que rage.
Book II (1668), fable 11.
Fables (1668–1679)

Max Planck foto

“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.”
Není to vlastnictví pravdy, ale úspěch, který provází její hledání, co obohacuje hledajícího a přináší mu štěstí.

Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist

Where Is Science Going? (1932)
Zdroj: Where is Science Going?

Oscar Wilde foto

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Ano: jsem snílek. Snílek je ten, kdo může najít svou cestu pouze za svitu měsíce a jehož trestem je, že vidí rozednění dříve než zbytek světa.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Varianta: A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Zdroj: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

Graham Greene foto

“Suffering is not increased by numbers. One body can contain all the suffering the world can feel.”
Utrpení se nezvyšuje množstvím. Jedno tělo může pojmout všechno utrpení, které může svět pocítit.

Graham Greene kniha The Quiet American

Zdroj: The Quiet American

George Orwell foto
William Shakespeare foto

“thus with a kiss I die”
A tak s polibkem umírám.

William Shakespeare kniha Romeo a Julie

Zdroj: Romeo and Juliet

Richard Bach foto

“The only obligation we have in any lifetime is to be true to ourselves.”
Jedinou povinností, kterou máme v průběhu života, je být věrní sami sobě.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Varianta: Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
Zdroj: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Kontext: Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.
Kontext: Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Emile Zola foto

“If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.”
Pokud se lidé dokážou mít alespoň trochu rádi, mohou být šťastní.

Emile Zola kniha Germinal

Zdroj: Germinal

Aristotle foto

“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
Člověk s velkými úmysly se musí starat více o pravdu než o to, co si lidé myslí.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Jack London foto

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”
Život není vždy o tom držet dobré karty, ale občas zahrát dobře i s prázdnýma rukama.

Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist

As quoted in Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior (1991) by Dan Millman, p. 78
Life’s not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.
As quoted in "They Came to Write in Hawai‘i" by Joseph Theroux, in Spirit of Aloha (March/April 2007)

Louisa May Alcott foto

“Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.”
Tvůj otec, Jo. Nikdy neztrácí trpělivost, nikdy nepochybuje a nestěžuje si, ale vždy doufá, pracuje a čeká tak radostně, že se člověk stydí dělat před ním cokoli jiného.

Louisa May Alcott kniha Malé ženy

Zdroj: Little Women

Camille Paglia foto

“Criticism at its best is re-creative, not spirit-killing.”
Kritika je v nejlepším případě znovuvytvářející, nikoliv ducha zabíjející.

Camille Paglia (1947) American writer

Zdroj: Break, Blow, Burn

Bruce Lee foto

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.”
Vždy buďte sami sebou, vyjadřujte se, věřte si, nehledejte úspěšnou osobnost a nekopírujte ji.

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

Bruce Lee radio interview with Ted Thomas
Bruce Lee
Kontext: When I look around, I always learn something: to be always yourself, and to express yourself, to have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Kontext: When I look around I always learn something, and that is to be yourself always, express yourself, and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate him. Now that seems to be the prevalent thing happening in Hong Kong, like they always copy mannerism, but they never start from the root of his being and that is, how can I be me?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning foto

“Light tomorrow with today.”
Rozjasněte zítřek dneškem.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) English poet, author
Agatha Christie foto

“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”
Skutečně důležité okamžiky v životě si člověk uvědomí, až když je pozdě.

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
William Shakespeare foto

“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
Moje slova vyletí nahoru, moje myšlenky zůstávají dole: No slova bez myšlenek se nikdy nedostanou do nebe.

Zdroj: Hamlet

Ernest Hemingway foto

“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”
Každý lidský život končí stejným způsobem. Je jen detail jak žil a jak zemřel, to odlišuje jednoho člověka od druhého.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Charles Bukowski foto

“I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.”
Smrt nosím v levé kapse. Někdy ji vytáhnu a mluvím s ní: "Ahoj, zlato, jak se máš? Kdy si pro mě přijdeš? Budu připraven.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Rainer Maria Rilke foto

“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other.”
Láska se skládá z tohoto: dvě samoty, které se setkávají, chrání a pozdravují se navzájem.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
Oscar Wilde foto

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
Jsem tak chytrý, že někdy nerozumím jedinému slovu z toho, co říkám.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Zdroj: The Happy Prince and Other Stories

Oscar Wilde foto

“The heart was made to be broken.”
Srdce bylo vytvořeno proto, aby mohlo být zlomené.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Terry Pratchett foto

“There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”
V životě jsou chvíle, kdy lidé musí vědět, kdy nesmí někoho pustit. Balónky byly vytvořeny proto, aby to naučily malé děti.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Terry Pratchett foto

“There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.”
Kolují zvěsti, že jsem našel Boha. Myslím, že je to nepravděpodobné, protože mám dost problémů s hledáním svých klíčů od bytu a to existují empirické důkazy o jejich existenci.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Kontext: There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
But it is true that in an interview I gave recently I did describe a sudden, distinct feeling I had one hectic day that everything I was doing was right and things were happening as they should.
It seemed like the memory of a voice and it came wrapped in its own brief little bubble of tranquillity. I'm not used to this.
As a fantasy writer I create fresh gods and philosophies almost with every new book … But since contracting Alzheimer's disease I have spent my long winter walks trying to work out what it is that I really, if anything, believe.

Michel Foucault foto

“The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body”
Duše je výsledkem a nástrojem politické anatomie; duše je vězením těla.

Michel Foucault kniha Dohlížet a trestat

Discipline and Punish (1977)
Kontext: The man described for us, whom we are invited to free, is already in himself the effect of a subjection much more profound than himself. A 'soul' inhabits him and brings him to existence... the soul is the effect and instrument of political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body.
Kontext: But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention, has been substituted for the soul, the illusion of theologians. The man described for us, whom we are invited to free, is already in himself the effect of a subjection more profound than himself. A 'soul' inhabits him and brings him to existence, which is itself a factor in the mastery that power exercises over the body. The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body.

William Shakespeare foto

“What's past is prologue.”
Vše minulé je prologem.

Zdroj: The Tempest

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“What does not kill him, makes him stronger.”
Co mě nezabije, to mě posílí.

Friedrich Nietzsche kniha Ecce Homo

… was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker
"Why I Am So Wise", 2
Cf. Twilight of the Idols (1888), "Maxims and Arrows", aphorism 8: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Ecce Homo (1888)

Paulo Coelho foto

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
Dítě může naučit dospělého tři věci: být šťastným bezdůvodně, být vždy něčím zaměstnán a vědět, jak všemi svými možnostmi dosáhnout toho, po čem touží.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Marilyn Monroe foto

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
Skutečným milencem je člověk, který vás může nadchnout tím, že políbí čelo nebo se usmívá do očí, nebo jen zírá do vesmíru.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Erich Maria Remarque foto

“Our knowledge of life is limited to death”
Naše znalost života je omezena na smrt.

Erich Maria Remarque kniha Na západní frontě klid

Zdroj: All Quiet on the Western Front

Pablo Picasso foto

“He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”
Kdo si myslí, že může, ten může, a kdo si myslí, že nemůže, ten nemůže. To je neúprosný a nezpochybnitelný zákon.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Umberto Eco foto

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
Věřím, že to, čím se staneme, závisí na tom, co nás naši otcové naučí ve chvílích, kdy se nás nesnaží nic naučit. Formují nás malé střípky moudrosti.

Umberto Eco kniha Foucaultovo kyvadlo

Zdroj: Foucault's Pendulum

Eleanor Roosevelt foto

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.”
Dělejte, co cítíte ve svém srdci, že je správné - i přes to, že za to budete kritizováni. Ať uděláte cokoliv, vždy to bude špatně.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

As quoted in How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1944; 1948) by Dale Carnegie; though Roosevelt has sometimes been credited with the originating the expression, "Damned if you do and damned if you don't" is set in quote marks, indicating she herself was quoting a common expression in saying this. Actually, this saying was coined back even earlier, 1836, by evangelist Lorenzo Dow in his sermons about ministers saying the Bible contradicts itself, telling his listeners, "… those who preach it up, to make the Bible clash and contradict itself, by preaching somewhat like this: 'You can and you can't-You shall and you shan't-You will and you won't-And you will be damned if you do-And you will be damned if you don't.' "

Marcus Aurelius foto

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
Už neztrácejte čas hádkami o tom, jaký by měl být dobrý člověk. Buďte jím.

Marcus Aurelius kniha Hovory k sobě

Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.
X, 16
Varianta: Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
Zdroj: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X

Terry Pratchett foto

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
Na začátku nebylo nic, co by explodovalo.

Terry Pratchett kniha Lords and Ladies

Zdroj: Lords and Ladies

Louisa May Alcott foto

“Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.”
Lidské mysli jsou plné záhad více než jakákoli psaná kniha a jsou proměnlivější než tvary mraků na nebi.

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist

Zdroj: The Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story

Oscar Wilde foto

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
Nikdy nemiluj nikoho, kdo s tebou zachází jako bys byl obyčejný.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Anne Lamott foto

“Joy is the best makeup.”
Radost je nejlepší make-up.

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Zdroj: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Audre Lorde foto

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
Musíme být změnou, kterou chceme ve světě vidět.

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist
Carl R. Rogers foto

“If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding. And we all fear change. So as I say, it is not an easy thing to permit oneself to understand an individual”
Pokud si dovolím skutečně porozumět druhému člověku, může mě toto porozumění změnit. A všichni se bojíme změny. Takže jak říkám, není snadné dovolit si pochopit jednotlivce.

Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist

Zdroj: On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Robert Musil foto

“A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but what should a man do who wants something in between?”
Člověk, který chce znát pravdu, se stane vědcem; člověk, který chce dát volný průchod své subjektivitě, se může stát spisovatelem; ale co má dělat člověk, který chce něco mezi tím?

Robert Musil kniha The Man Without Qualities

Zdroj: The Man Without Qualities

Bell Hooks foto

“If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.”
Pokud má žena pocit, že k legitimizaci a validaci své existence potřebuje něco jiného než sebe samu, vzdává se tím své schopnosti sebeurčení, své autonomie.

Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist

Zdroj: Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

William Shakespeare foto

“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”
Luskáte nám palcem pod nos, pane?

William Shakespeare kniha Romeo a Julie

Zdroj: Romeo and Juliet

Wayne W. Dyer foto

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
Změňte svůj pohled na věci a věci, na které se díváte, se změní.

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Mark Twain foto

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
Vzdělání: cesta od nafoukané nevědomosti k ubohé nejistotě.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
William Shakespeare foto

“Presume not that I am the thing I was.”
Nepředpokládej, že jsem tím, čím jsem byl.

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2

Zdroj: Henry IV, Part 2

Ernesto Che Guevara foto

“Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am… only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.”
Mnozí mi budou říkat dobrodruh, a tím i jsem ... jen takový odlišný: takový, kdo riskuje svůj život, aby dokázal svou pravdu.

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary

Last Letter to his Parents (1965)

George Bernard Shaw foto

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
Dávejte si pozor na nepravdivé znalosti; jsou nebezpečnější než nevědomost.

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Susan B. Anthony foto

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”
Nedůvěřuji lidem, kteří tak dobře vědí, co po nich Bůh chce, protože si všímám, že se to vždycky překrývá s jejich vlastními touhami.

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist
Ted Nugent foto

“When the law disarms good guys, bad guys rejoice.”
Když zákon odzbrojí dobré lidi, zlí lidé se radují.

Ted Nugent (1948) American rock musician
Richard Bach foto

“Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.”
Poslouchejte to, co víte, místo toho, čeho se bojíte.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Erich Maria Remarque foto

“Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.”
Být věrný sám sobě někdy znamená změnit názor. Vaše já se změní a vy ho budete následovat.

Vera Nazarian (1966) American writer

Zdroj: The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
Nikdo pro vás nemůže postavit most, na kterém přejdete přes proud života, nikdo kromě vás samotných.

Friedrich Nietzsche Untimely Meditations

Niemand kann dir die Brücke bauen, auf der gerade du über den Fluß des Lebens schreiten mußt, niemand außer dir allein.
“Schopenhauer as educator,” § 3.1, R. Hollingdale, trans. (1983), p. 129
Untimely Meditations (1876)

“Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well.”
Moudrost, štěstí a odvaha nečekají někde v nedohlednu na konci nějaké rovné čáry; jsou součástí nepřetržitého cyklu, který začíná právě zde. Nejsou jen koncem, ale také začátkem.

Benjamin Hoff kniha The Tao of Pooh

Zdroj: The Tao of Pooh

Charles Bukowski foto

“Life's as kind as you let it be.”
Život je tak laskavý, jak to dovolíš.

Charles Bukowski kniha Hot Water Music

Zdroj: Hot Water Music

Mark Twain foto

“It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
V boji nerozhoduje velikost psa, ale míra jeho bojovnosti.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Anonymous American proverb; since 1998 this has often been attributed to Mark Twain on the internet, but no contemporary evidence of him ever using it has been located.
Variants:
It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the fight in the dog that matters.
"Stub Ends of Thoughts" by Arthur G. Lewis, a collection of sayings, in Book of the Royal Blue Vol. 14, No. 7 (April 1911), cited as the earliest known occurrence in The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs, edited by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro, p. 232
It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the fight in the dog that wins.
Anonymous quote in the evening edition of the East Oregonian (20 April 1911)
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, declaring his particular variant on the proverbial assertion in Remarks at Republican National Committee Breakfast (31 January 1958) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=11229
Misattributed

Ian Fleming foto

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success”
Vzdálenost mezi šílenstvím a genialitou se měří pouze úspěchem.

Ian Fleming (1908–1964) English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
Abraham Lincoln citát: “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln foto

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”
Ti, kteří ostatním popírají svobodu, si jí sami nezaslouží.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Varianta: Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
Zdroj: Complete Works - Volume XII

Jack London foto

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
Raději bych byl meteorem, abych nechal každý svůj atom nádherně zazářit, než ospalá a trvalá planeta.

Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist

The Bulletin, San Francisco, California, December 2, 1916, part 2, p. 1.
Also included in Jack London’s Tales of Adventure, ed. Irving Shepard, Introduction, p. vii (1956)
Kontext: I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

George Orwell foto

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
Ale když myšlení kazí řeč, i řeč může kazit myšlení.

George Orwell kniha 1984

"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Zdroj: 1984
Kontext: But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.
Kontext: All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia. When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer. I should expect to find — this is a guess which I have not sufficient knowledge to verify — that the German, Russian and Italian languages have all deteriorated in the last ten or fifteen years, as a result of dictatorship.
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.

Italo Calvino foto

“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”
Města, stejně jako sny, jsou tvořena touhami a obavami, i když nit jejich diskurzu je tajná, jejich pravidla jsou absurdní, jejich perspektivy klamné a za vším se skrývá něco jiného.

Italo Calvino kniha Invisible Cities

Page 44.
Zdroj: Invisible Cities (1972)
Kontext: With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.

Mark Twain foto

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
Dobří přátelé, dobré knihy a ospalé svědomí: to je ideální život.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Theodore Roosevelt foto

“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
Nikdy jsem v mém životě nezáviděl člověku, který vedl snadný život; Ale záviděl jsem mnoha lidem, kteří vedli těžké životy a vedli je dobře.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

Address in Des Moines, Iowa (4 November 1910)
1910s

Virginia Woolf foto

“There is the strange power we have of changing facts by the force of the imagination.”
Existuje zvláštní schopnost měnit fakta silou představivosti.

Virginia Woolf The Common Reader

Zdroj: The Common Reader

Gustave Flaubert foto

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
Nečtěte jako děti, aby jste se pobavili, nebo jako ambiciózní, za účelem výuky. Ne, čtěte si, abyste mohli žít.

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)

Correspondence, Letters to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie
Varianta: Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.
Kontext: Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live. (June 1857)

Leonardo Da Vinci foto

“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
Od malička jsem odmítal jíst maso a jednou přijde doba, kdy se lidé jako já budou dívat na zabíjení zvířat stejně jako dnes na zabíjení lidí.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

Quoted allegedly "From da Vinci`s Notes" in Jon Wynne-Tyson: The Extended Circle. A Dictionary of Humane Thought. Centaur Press 1985, p. 65 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=1mMbAQAAIAAJ&q=murder.
Actually the quote is not authentic but made up from a novel by Dmitri Merejkowski (w:Dmitry Merezhkovsky) entitled "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci" (La Résurrecton de Dieux 1901), translated from Russian into English by Herbert Trench. G.P. Putnam's Sons New York and London, The Knickerbocker Press. There, in Book (i.e. chapter) VI, entitled The Diary of Giovanni Boltraffio, one finds the following:
The master [Leonardo da Vinci] permits harm to no living creatures, not even to plants. Zoroastro http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Masini tells me that from an early age he has abjured meat, and says that the time shall come when all men such as he will be content with a vegetable diet, and will think on the murder of animals as now they think on the murder of men ( p. 226 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=g_pa0OaYX64C&pg=PA226).
However, despite the quote's false attribution, da Vinci was in fact a vegetarian.
Misattributed

Paulo Coelho foto

“When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
Když je každý den stejný jako ten následující, je to proto, že lidé nedokáží rozpoznat dobré věci, které se v jejich životě dějí každý den, kdy vyjde slunce.

Paulo Coelho kniha Alchymista

Varianta: When each day is the same as the nest it's because people fail to reconize the good things that happen in thier lives everyday the sunrises
Zdroj: The Alchemist

Rudyard Kipling foto

“He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”
Zahalil se do citátů - jako by se žebrák zahalil do císařského purpuru.

Rudyard Kipling kniha Many Inventions

The Finest Story in the World http://www.telelib.com/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/ManyInventions/fineststory.html (1893).
Other works
Zdroj: Many Inventions
Kontext: When next he came to me he was drunk—royally drunk on many poets for the first time revealed to him. His pupils were dilated, his words tumbled over each other, and he wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors.

Emile Zola foto

“I am here to live out loud.”
Jsem tady, abych žil nahlas.

Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
John Cage foto

“In the dark, all cats are black.”
Ve tmě jsou všechny kočky černé.

John Cage (1912–1992) American avant-garde composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow foto

“Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.”
Hudba je univerzálním jazykem lidstva - poezie univerzální zábava a radost.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow kniha Outre-Mer

Outre-Mer.

Joyce Meyer foto

“You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.”
Můžete trpět bolestí změny, nebo zůstat takoví, jací jste.

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
Pythagoras foto

“A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.”
Člověk není nikdy tak velký, jako když padne na kolena, aby pomohl dítěti.

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
Terry Pratchett foto

“Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
Prostě erotika. Nic perverzního. To je rozdíl mezi použitím peří a použitím celého kuřete.

Terry Pratchett kniha Erik

Zdroj: Eric

Albert Einstein citát: “Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”
Albert Einstein foto

“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”
Genialita je 1 % talentu a 99 % tvrdé práce.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Blaise Pascal foto

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

Blaise Pascal Myšlenky

Varianta: All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.
Zdroj: Pensées

Erich Maria Remarque foto

“Anything you can settle with money is cheap.”
Cokoli, co lze vyřešit penězi, je laciné.

Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) German novelist

Zdroj: Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country

Mark Twain foto

“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
Duševní zdraví a štěstí jsou nemožnou kombinací.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Oscar Wilde foto

“Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.”
Vždycky jsem byl toho názoru, že tvrdá práce je prostě útočištěm lidí, kteří nemají co dělat.

Oscar Wilde kniha The Happy Prince and Other Tales

" The Remarkable Rocket http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/179/".
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
Varianta: Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

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