Emperor Shun
(legendary Chinese emperor, traditionally dated to have ruled c. 2285-2205 BCE)
"Remember: from the mouth comes both what is good
and what leads to wars."
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The Malleus Maleficarum (published in 1487 by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger)
"If we ignore, we find that nearly all the kingdoms of the world have...
Al-Ghazālī (c. 1058-1111)
"The sensory world is a ladder to the rational world, for, if there were no connection and relationship between the two, the...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well...
Mark Twain (c. 1835-1910)
"The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded, the world over, and a privileged class,...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"The reach for power can recoil,
the bolt of god can strike you at a glance."
From Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (approximately lines 460-465),...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"God does as god decrees.
And still some say
that heaven would never stoop to punish men
who trample the lovely grace of things
untouchable....
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"...for those who flocked to war
they are holding back the anguish now,
you can feel it rising now in every house;
I tell...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"It is my conviction that no mortal being who is without experience of love can ever lay claim to true excellence."
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Mark Twain (c. 1835-1910)
"A statesman gains little by the arbitrary exercise of ironclad authority upon all occasions that offer, for this wounds the just...
Emperor Shun
(legendary Chinese emperor, traditionally dated to have ruled c. 2285-2205 BCE)
"Remember: from the mouth comes both what is good
and what leads to wars."
...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"It is my conviction that no mortal being who is without experience of love can ever lay claim to true excellence."
...
