Quotes from Ancient Times
Ibycus ~ Iphicrate Quotations
My family begins with me, your family ends with you.
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box
My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.
All limits are self imposed.
My nobility begins in me, but yours ends in you.
An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship.
Contests allow no excuses, no more do friendships.
In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the Sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
Contests allow no excuses, no more do friendships.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
Memorable Quotes
Don't just think, do.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
Quotes cards
All limits are self imposed.
Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.
He who is not impatient is not in love.
Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.