The Malleus Maleficarum (published in 1487 by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger)
"t is necessary for the conservation of the species that the death of one...
Lao Tzu (6th and 5th Century BCE Chinese Daoist theologian/philosoper)
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
or (alternative translation):
"A journey of...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft
So overcasts a man, that he recoils
From noblest resolution, like a beast
At some...
Bede (c. 673-735)
"Battles were Virgil's theme; let peace be mine,
Chanting in lieu of Helen's wantonness
Divine compassion, to redeem and bless."
From Bede’s Ecclesiastical History...
