"The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words."
― Robert South
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Famous
More From Robert South
- "It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination."
- "God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress."
- "Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it."
More In Famous
- "And my marriage was perfect when I wasn’t famous."― Damon Wayans
- "I don’t know about this thing – being famous. I haven’t figured it out yet. It still mystifies me."― Helen Slater
- "There’s the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He’s supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you’ve been recording and then say, ‘Guys, I don’t hear any singles.’ And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one."― Jarvis Cocker