Wisdom of Dead Worlds

The house of every man is to him as his castle and fortress. – Edward Coke, 17th Century AD

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. – Plutarch, 1st Century AD

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. – Sallust, 1st Century BC

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. – Tacitus, 1st Century AD

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. – Tacitus, 1st Century AD

To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire, and where they make a desert, they call it peace. – Tacitus, 1st Century AD

I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. – Cato the Younger, 1st Century BC

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. – Cato the Elder, 2nd Century BC

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. – Cicero, 1st Century BC

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. – Cicero, 1st Century BC