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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson
Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary to keep him properly in the public eye. – Daniel J. Boorstin
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. – Thomas Szasz
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. – Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. – Thomas Szasz
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. – H Hahn Blavatsky
He who formerly was reckless and afterwards became sober brightens up this world like the moon when freed from clouds. – The Dhammapada
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. – Doug Larson
Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. – Thomas Hobbes
Riches disclose in a man?s character the bad qualities formerly concealed in his poverty. – Arabic Proverb
The man we call a specialist today was formerly called a man with a one-track mind. – Endre Balogh
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. – Mary Wilson Little
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken
What a time experiences as evil, is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good--the atavism of a more ancient ideal. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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