Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE)
"Sanity brings pain
but madness is a vile thing."
From Euripides’ Hippolytus (approximately between lines 240-250), translated by James Morwood in Medea...
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...
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...
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...
