Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)
"Nothing is quite so attractive in our possession as it was when coveted."
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (2.15),...
Njal's Saga (written anonymously in the 13th century)
"Never kill more than once within the same bloodline, and never break any settlement which goodmen make...
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...
Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)
"Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between 6th-3rd century BCE)
"With an understanding of
Weakness and
Strength,
An army
Can strike
Like a millstone
Cast at an egg."
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War...
Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)
"Nothing is quite so attractive in our possession as it was when coveted."
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (2.15),...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"Neither the life of anarchy
nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no,
worship neither."
From The Eumenides (approximately between lines 508-549) by Aeschylus, translated...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"Whatever happens, my fate can be no worse than that of the fine-grained dust, which, when a gale blows, either stays...
Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)
"Nothing is quite so attractive in our possession as it was when coveted."
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (2.15),...
