Paul Eldridge? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The willingness to become a martyr in the service of a noble cause is often celebrated, but the U.S. novelist Paul Eldridge voiced a sardonic viewpoint. He suggested that an individual is willing to die for an elevated idea primarily because the idea is unclear. Would you please …
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Quote Origin: Character Is Most Evident by How One Treats Those Who Can Neither Retaliate nor Reciprocate
Paul Eldridge? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: I noticed that the QI website has an entry for the following expression: You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. I believe a similar statement containing the phrase “to retaliate or to reciprocate” was printed …
Quote Origin: You Can Easily Judge the Character of a Man by How He Treats Those Who Can Do Nothing for Him
Ann Landers? Abigail Van Buren? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? Samuel Johnson? Malcolm Forbes? Paul Eldridge? Charles Haddon Spurgeon? James D. Miles? Dan Reeves? Question for Quote Investigator: I am attempting to verify the following quotation because it will appear in a forthcoming book, but I have discovered multiple attributions: You can easily judge the character …