David Bellos Quotes
- Translator
- 1945
Other People
What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.
Stephen Mitchell
Translator
· USA
Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.
Stephen Mitchell
Translator
· USA
I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines.
Robert Fagles
Translator
· USA
For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault.
Thomas Creech
Translator
· England
When there’s no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.
Stephen Mitchell
Translator
· USA
So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.
Stephen Mitchell
Translator
· USA
They that do much themselves deny, Receive more blessings from the sky.
Thomas Creech
Translator
· England
He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.
Thomas Creech
Translator
· England