Articles by Saxo

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 […]

He cried in a fever, “Damn! By God’s blood and by God’s liver And by God’s guts and by God’s head, She’s been with our priest!” – The Fabliaux

It is easy to be satisfied, while everything happens according to your desires. – Saga of the Volsungs

Whosever would become the friend of this world shall be accounted an enemy to God. – Gesta Romanorum

Nothing pampers arrogance more than success, or prompts to pride more surely than prosperity. – Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum

The Welsh go to extremes in all matters. You may never find anyone worse than a bad Welshman, but you will certainly never find anyone better than a good one. – Gerald of Wales, The […]