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Thurlow, Edward, Lord
1731–1806
1731–1806
1
Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.
usually quoted as "Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?"
Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.
usually quoted as "Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?"
John Poynder
Literary Extracts
(1844) vol. 1.
Tichborne, Chidiock
c.
1558–86
c.
1558–86
1
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares;
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;
My crop of corn is but a field of tares;
And all my good is but vain hope of gain.
The day is past, and yet I saw no sun;
And now I live, and now my life is done.
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares;
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;
My crop of corn is but a field of tares;
And all my good is but vain hope of gain.
The day is past, and yet I saw no sun;
And now I live, and now my life is done.
"Elegy" (composed in the Tower of London prior to his execution)
Tickell, Thomas
1686–1740
1686–1740
1
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high
The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high
The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
"To the Earl of Warwick. On the Death of Mr Addison" (1721) l. 76
Tillich, Paul
1886–1965
1886–1965
1
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.
The Courage To Be
(1952) pt. 2, ch. 3
Tipu
Sultan
c.
1750–99
Sultan
c.
1750–99
1
In this world I would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep.
In this world I would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep.
Alexander Beatson
A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan
(1800) ch. 10
Titus
ad
39–81
ad
39–81
1
Amici, diem perdidi.Friends, I have lost a day.
on reflecting that he had done nothing to help anybody all day
Amici, diem perdidi.Friends, I have lost a day.
on reflecting that he had done nothing to help anybody all day
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Titus" ch. 8, sect. 1
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