Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Time as he grows old teaches all things. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Aesop, The Man and the Satyr
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath. Aesop, The Man and the Satyr
Julius Caesar, from Plutarch, Lives
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking. Julius Caesar, from Plutarch, Lives
Euripides, Aeolus
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. Euripides, Aeolus
William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 3 scene 4
I must be cruel, only to be kind:Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 3 scene 4
Herodotus, Inscription, New York City Post Office, adapted from Herodotus
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Herodotus, Inscription, New York City Post Office, adapted from Herodotus
John Skelton, Replication Against Certain Young Scholars
I say, thou mad March hare. John Skelton, Replication Against Certain Young Scholars