On Human Attitudes
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to
make it worth the effort.
—Herm Albright
1
To err is human, to forgive divine.
—Alexander Pope, 1711
2
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
—Franklin P. Adams, 1946
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
—Aesop
3
I never forgive, but I always forget.
—Arthur Balfour
4
Do not dig a hole for another one to fall into, you may end up in it yourself.
—Russian proverb
Revenge [is] the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell!
—Walter Scott, 1818
Living well is the best revenge.
—George Herbert, 1640
5
1
As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable collections, starting not later than 2005.
2
This is an extension of one of Plutarch’s venerable “morals”, which was later (in 1386) twisted
along a different line by Geoffrey Chaucer - and certainly many others.
3
Included, without a date, in all major publications of Aesop’s Fables.
4
As quoted, without a date, by R. Blake in 1970.
5
This is a succinct version of an earlier (circa 1580) aphorism by John Lyly.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Likharev (ed.), Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_9
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to
make it worth the effort.
—Herm Albright
1
To err is human, to forgive divine.
—Alexander Pope, 1711
2
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
—Franklin P. Adams, 1946
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
—Aesop
3
I never forgive, but I always forget.
—Arthur Balfour
4
Do not dig a hole for another one to fall into, you may end up in it yourself.
—Russian proverb
Revenge [is] the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell!
—Walter Scott, 1818
Living well is the best revenge.
—George Herbert, 1640
5
1
As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable collections, starting not later than 2005.
2
This is an extension of one of Plutarch’s venerable “morals”, which was later (in 1386) twisted
along a different line by Geoffrey Chaucer - and certainly many others.
3
Included, without a date, in all major publications of Aesop’s Fables.
4
As quoted, without a date, by R. Blake in 1970.
5
This is a succinct version of an earlier (circa 1580) aphorism by John Lyly.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Likharev (ed.), Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_9
79