John Skelton, Replication Against Certain Young Scholars
I say, thou mad March hare. John Skelton, Replication Against Certain Young Scholars
William Shakespeare, “King Richard II”, Act 2 scene 1
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the […]
A. J. Ayer, Humanist Outlook
No moral system can rest solely on authority. A. J. Ayer, Humanist Outlook
Heraclitus, On the Universe
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. Heraclitus, On the Universe
William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 1 scene 3
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 1 scene […]
Pierre Charron
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, wheth Pierre Charron
Hippocrates, Regimen
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. Hippocrates, Regimen
Calvin Coolidge, Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925
The chief business of the American people is business. Calvin Coolidge, Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925