Pliny the Elder, Natural History
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. Pliny the Elder, Natural History
George Moore
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore
Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Flavius Vegetius Renatus
William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVI
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVI
Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872)
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872)
William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, Act 3 scene 1
That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, Act 3 scene 1
Euripides, Temenidae
When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them. Euripides, Temenidae
Mahatma Gandhi
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi
Phocion, from Plutarch, Apothegms
Have I inadvertently said some evil thing? Phocion, from Plutarch, Apothegms
William Shakespeare, “King Lear”, Act 4 scene 7
Pray you now, forget and forgive. William Shakespeare, “King Lear”, Act 4 scene 7