This etched landscape, created by the French artist Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-1682), features the ancient Greek myth of Europa, a princess from the lands...
This rather abstractly painted artwork, by the Norwegian artist Christian Krohg (c. 1852–1925), was inspired by the storied life of the historical figure, Olaf...
Constantine IV was a son and successor of Emperor Constans II of Constantinople (r. 641-668/669). Constans II, like many emperors of Roman and European...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"He listens to good purpose who takes note."
Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XV), translated by Henry F. Cary in the Harvard...
This artwork, by the Norwegian artist Gerhard Munthe (1849–1929), is a depiction of the Norse god, Odin. The print features several key iconographic details...
This etched landscape, created by the French artist Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-1682), features the ancient Greek myth of Europa, a princess from the lands...
This painting, by the German artist Hans Thoma (c. 1839-1924), was inspired by the Sirens of ancient Greek myth. These mythological creatures were characterized...
Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+), in his satirical work Timon the Misanthrope, envisioned Wealth as a personified god. Wealth, as the account told, was...
This image was created by the artist James William Edmund Doyle (1822–1892) and engraved for mass-production by Edmund Evans (1826–1905). It was one of...
The Buddha (Lived between 6th-4th century BCE)
"Some do not understand
that we are perishing here.
Those who understand this
bring to rest their quarrels."
From The Dhammapada...
Hesiod (8th century BCE)
"Full of ills is the earth, and full the sea."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 100, translated by M. L. West...
This artwork, created by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori (c. 1535–1607), depicts one of the famous scenes from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. It...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"What good are the oracles to men? Words, more words,
and the hurt comes on us, endless words
and a seer's techniques have...
Constantine IV was a son and successor of Emperor Constans II of Constantinople (r. 641-668/669). Constans II, like many emperors of Roman and European...
Virgil (c. 70-19 BCE)
"Man and beast, each and every race of earth,
creatures of the sea, domesticated animals, and birds in all their
finery,
all of them...
Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+), in his satirical work Timon the Misanthrope, envisioned Wealth as a personified god. Wealth, as the account told, was...
This rather abstractly painted artwork, by the Norwegian artist Christian Krohg (c. 1852–1925), was inspired by the storied life of the historical figure, Olaf...
Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
"Fearthought is futile worrying over what cannot be averted or will probably never happen. Forethought is taking the best means at...
Mo Tzu (Chinese philosopher and theologian, flourished 5th century BCE)
"The ghosts and spirits of past and present are of three kinds only: the spirits...
At least two ancient biographers of Alexander the Great, Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE) and later Arrian (c. 86-160 CE), wrote that the Macedonian...
Sun Tzu (Chinese strategist and philosopher, 6th-5th Century BCE)
"Be rushing as a wind;
Be stately as a forest;
Be ravaging as a fire;
Be still as a...
