Year: 2022

How poore, how narrow, how impious a measure of God, is this, that he must doe, as thou wouldest doe, if thou wert God. – John Donne, 17th Century AD

I want my lawyer, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, because it means that I shall be cheated and robbed and cuckolded less often … If God did not exist, […]

You ask, “What is man?” Why, what is he but the slave of death — the guest of the place he dwells in — a traveler hastily journeying to a distant land! – Gesta Romanorum

Remember, too, that all come destitute into the world; and our mode of departure from this life is such that wealth cannot follow us out of the world. – King Hakon Hakonsson

When a son is born, the father throws a naked sword before him and says: “I leave you no inheritance. All you possess is what you can gain with this sword.” – Ibn Rusta

Resistance weakens when things always go our way:And we grow soft if life is one long holiday. – Ovid

Our wealth has grown so great and yet our greed grows greater: However much we have, still more we’ll covet later. Ovid

Our minds soon lose control when things go all our way: when we enjoy success, we end in disarray. – Ovid

The leader who is as fierce as a lion in peace-time but as gentle as a lamb in time of war is not really worth much. – Androgeus

When you know something by heart, then write it down from memory, and then that will be knowledge that you have bound with writing. But if you copy it from a book, it will just […]