Month: February 2022

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. – Homer, 8th Century BC

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. – Homer, 8th Century BC

Fortune favors the bold. – Virgil, 1st Century BC

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. – Dante Aligheri, 14th Century AD

All cruelty springs from weakness. – Seneca, 1st Century AD

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – Seneca, 1st Century AD

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. – Seneca, 1st Century AD

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius, 2nd Century AD             

Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back. – Marcus Aurelius, 2nd Century AD          

An unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates, 4th Century BC