Socrates (c. 469-399 BCE)
"Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively."
This...
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...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE)
"Death is fixed
for those
who are born,
and birth is fixed
for those who die;
since such an end
is certain,
you...
Niccolò Machiavelli (c. 1469-1527)
"It cannot be called virtue to kill one's fellow-citizens, betray one's friends, be without faith, without pity, and without religion; by...
Sigurd the Volsung (figure from Norse and Germanic legend)
"Courage is better than the power of a sword,
where angry men have to fight;
for I've seen...
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...
Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)
"Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance."
Gulliver’s Travels (Voyage...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE)
"Death is fixed
for those
who are born,
and birth is fixed
for those who die;
since such an end
is certain,
you...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE)
"One who would hear
without sneering,
full of trust,
would be freed,
and would reach
those happy worlds
where actions are pure."
...
Tacitus (c. 56/57-117)
"Many insist that heaven is unconcerned with our births and deaths—is unconcerned, in fact, with human beings—so that the good often suffer,...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE)
"All beginnings
are surrounded
by error, as fire
is surrounded by smoke."
This quote is from discourse/chapter 18, verse 48...
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...
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...
Socrates (c. 469-399 BCE)
"Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively."
This...
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...
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...
Socrates (c. 469-399 BCE)
"Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively."
This...
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...
