Immanuel Kant
Have patience awhile slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee. Immanuel Kant
Hippocrates, Regimen in Health
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. Hippocrates, Regimen in Health
Aldous Huxley, “Texts and Pretexts”, 1932
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Huxley, “Texts and Pretexts”, 1932
John B. Bogart
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. John B. Bogart
Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926
William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 2 scene 2
It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 2 scene 2
Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it. Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy
Saint Ambrose, Taylor
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose, Taylor
Plato, Dialogues, Apology
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato, Dialogues, Apology