It is important what a man still plans at the end. It shows the measure of injustice in his death.
Elias Canetti
The Human Province
1978
(quoted in
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
(1983))
There is a hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
Donne
sermon
c.1625
(quoted in
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
(1983))
As soon as we attract enough attention in the world to play a part in it, we are set rolling like a ball which will never again be at rest.
Prince De Eigne
Mes écarts
1796
(quoted in
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
(1983))
Whatever affection we have for our friends or our family, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.
Vauvenargues
Reflections and Maxims
1746
(quoted in
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
(1983))
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