„Zahalil se do citátů - jako by se žebrák zahalil do císařského purpuru.“
Originál
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
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.
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling 25
anglický spisovatel povídek, básník a romanopisec 1865–1936Podobné citáty

„Žebrák je člověk, který spoléhal na pomoc přátel.“
Originál: (en) Beggar — one who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
Zdroj: [Ambrose, Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1906, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary, anglicky]

„Ach ano, pouhá pěchota - ubozí žebráci.“

„Raději budu žebrákem a svobodnou, než královnou a vdanou.“