Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE)
"A bad man's gifts can bring no good."
From Euripides’ Medea (approximately line 615), translated by James Morwood in Medea and...
Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
"My gift
Is poetry, the praise
Of beautiful girls. I can make them immortal. Fine dresses,
Jewelry, gold, all perish. But the fame
Bestowed by...
Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
"My impression is that the longer something takes, the more likely it is to go wrong."
From Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties."
From The Federalist No....
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....
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"Heaven calls,
And, round about you wheeling, courts your gaze
With everlasting beauties. Yet your eye
Turns with fond doting still upon the earth.
Therefore...
Lucan (c. 39-65)
"Where does the miserable fate
of our empire not find civil war?"
From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 10, approximately between lines 410-433), translated...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties."
From The Federalist No....
Sophocles (c. 496-406/405 BCE)
"Of course you cannot know a man completely,
his character, his principles, sense of judgment,
not till he's shown his colors, ruling the...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties."
From The Federalist No....
Sophocles (c. 496-406/405 BCE)
"Of course you cannot know a man completely,
his character, his principles, sense of judgment,
not till he's shown his colors, ruling the...
