Excellent Quotes - Page 4
Ethics pt. 5 (1677) (translation by Edwin Curley)
Os Guinness (2002). “Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spin”, Baker Books
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.
Charles Caleb Colton (1866). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.55
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [274]
Tom Peters (2010). “The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness”, p.8, Vintage
Samuel Johnson (2009). “The Lives of the Poets: A Selection”, p.435, OUP Oxford
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.1829, Delphi Classics
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)