Wisdom of Dead Worlds

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Cicero, 1st Century BC

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus, 16th Century AD

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. – Desiderius Erasmus, 16th Century AD

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. – Desiderius Erasmus, 16th Century AD

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