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— Franz Kafka, kniha The Blue Octavo Notebooks
21 November 1917
Variant translation: Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one cannot see any stars.
The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)
„He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.“
— George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
Zdroj: Man and Superman
„A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.“
— Earl Nightingale American motivational speaker 1921 - 1989
Zdroj: Lead the Field
„The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.“
— Ayn Rand Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905 - 1982
Zdroj: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
— Eric Hoffer American philosopher 1898 - 1983
Zdroj: Reflections on the Human Condition (1973), p. 62
„A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.“
— Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist 1817 - 1862
— Mo Brooks American politician 1954
Washington 'swamp critters' backing Luther Strange, Mo Brooks says http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/05/washington_swamp_critters_back.html (May 12, 2017)
„I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.“
— Martin Luther seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483 - 1546
Letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück (An Den Kanzler Brück), 1524-01-13, in Dr. Martin Luther's Briefe, Sendschreiben und Bedenken: volständig aus den verschiedenen Ausgaben seiner Werke und Briefe, aus andern Büchern und noch unbenutzten Handschriten gesammelt. From the Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette Collection of Luther's Letters (Berlin: Georg reimer http://www.degruyter.de/rs/222_5927_ENU_h.htm, 1826) vol. 2, p. 459 (Letter DLXXII; Latin text)
„We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them.“
— Samuel Adams American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher 1722 - 1803
Letter to Samuel Cooper (30 April 1776) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2093
Kontext: We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them. There has been much to do to confirm doubting Friends & fortify the Timid. It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
— Colin Wilson, kniha The Outsider
It is still a question of self-expression.
Zdroj: The Outsider (1956), Chapter Four The Attempt to Gain Control
„He who does not wish to die cannot have wished to live.“
— Seneca the Younger, kniha Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXX: On conquering the conqueror
— Niccolo Machiavelli, kniha Vladař
Originál: (it) Queste simili morti, le quali seguitano per deliberazione di un animo deliberato e ostinato, non si possono da' Principi evitare, perchè ciascuno che non si curi di morire, lo può fare.
Zdroj: The Prince (1513), Ch. 19; translated by W. K. Marriot
— Mortimer J. Adler American philosopher and educator 1902 - 2001
Zdroj: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
— Ricky Hatton English former professional boxer 1978
Floyd Mayweather Jr describing Hattons boxing ability after Hatton mentioned that his next fight could well be against him. http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6235742.stm
Other boxers on Ricky(Sourced)
— Francis Bacon English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author 1561 - 1626
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Parents and Children