--- title: "1 Adage Quotes By Trevanian" description: "1 Adage quotes by Trevanian. Plus more from Trevanian and more Adage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/trevanian-19940_adage_and-he-recalled-the-ancient-adage-who-mu_2345975.png" --- > [“And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/and-he-recalled-the-ancient-adage-who-must-do-the-harsh-things-he-who/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/trevanian-19940_adage_and-he-recalled-the-ancient-adage-who-mu_2345975.png) ## Other authors on Adage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/amit-kalantri/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 76 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [Kamand Kojouri 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/kamand-kojouri/) ## More by Trevanian > [“Your scorn for mediocrity blinds you to its vast primitive power. You stand in the glare of your own brilliance, unable to see into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/your-scorn-for-mediocrity-blinds-you-to-its-vast-primitive-power-you/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/irony-is-fate-s-most-common-figure-of-speech/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/ripe-for-romance-is-that-not-only-the-self-conscious-and-sensitive/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/you-can-gain-experience-if-you-are-careful-to-avoid-empty-redundancy/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/as-you-know-shibumi-has-to-do-with-great-refinement-underlying/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably infect each of the mercantile nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/it-s-not-americans-i-find-annoying-it-s-americanism-a-social-disease/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/do-not-fall-into-the-error-of-the-artist-who-boasts-of-twenty-years/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/no-one-really-likes-switzerland-except-those-who-prefer-cleanliness/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Confession is good for the soul, it empties the spirit making more room for sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/confession-is-good-for-the-soul-it-empties-the-spirit-making-more/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/we-all-desire-to-be-understood-but-no-one-enjoys-being-obvious/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/it-is-a-truism-of-american-politics-that-no-man-who-can-win-an/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Niko? I have decided to christen this little pool Le Cagot's Soul." "Oh?" "Yes. Because it is clear and pure and lucid." "And treacherous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/niko-i-have-decided-to-christen-this-little-pool-le-cagot-s-soul-oh/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Short first pregnancies do not occasion criticism in our valley, for it is widely known that the good Lord often makes first pregnancies mercifully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/short-first-pregnancies-do-not-occasion-criticism-in-our-valley-for/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/go-is-to-western-chess-what-philosophy-is-to-double-entry-accounting/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/pass-through-knowledge-to-arrive-at-simplicity/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/trevanian/#itemlist", "name": "1 Adage Quotes By Trevanian", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? 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