Words are the physicians of the mind diseased. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. Themistocles, from Plutarch, Lives Greek general & politician in Athens (527 BC - 460 BC) I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. Themistocles, from Plutarch, Lives Greek general & politician in Athens (527 BC - 460 BC) It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. Heraclitus, On the Universe Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey English poet (1774 - 1843) The road up and the road down is one and the same. Heraclitus, On the Universe Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. Heraclitus, On the Universe Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus, On the Universe Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) Nature is wont to hide herself. Heraclitus, On the Universe Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) |