Quotes from Ancient Times
Dionysius Periegetes ( ~ 7 BC ), Greek scholar Quotes
History is philosophy teaching by example.
Let nothing pass which will advantage you; Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind. [Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli; Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]
Patiently bear the burden of poverty. [Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]
Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( 69-53BC ~ 7 BC.) Greek rhetorician and historian
History is philosophy learned from examples.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
When Aristotle was asked how much the educated men were superior to the uneducated, he replied, “As much as the living are to the dead.”
Quoting Thucydides: "The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples."
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples.
The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from examples.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
Memorable Quotes
Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
The proper bulk is better than the big bulk.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
Insightful Quotes cards
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.
To place me on that breast of snow
Where I should bloom a wintry flower.
- [Roses]
To fade upon that bosom warm,
Content to wither, pale and brief,
The trophy of thy paler form.
- [Lilies]