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 | "All men"s gains are the fruit of venturing." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her
garments." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Of all men"s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to
have control over nothing." | |
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Found in the topic Control.
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| "Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks." | |
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Found in the topic Deeds.
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| "No one is fool enough to choose war instead of peace. For in peace
sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury
sons." | |
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Found in the topic Order.
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| "If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself
a bit of fun or relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without
knowing it." | |
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Found in the topic Humor.
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| "They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the
highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation
may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler
moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at
this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is
rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time
examined after they have been drinking." | |
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Found in the topic Alcohol.
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| "It is better to be envied than pitied." | |
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Found in the topic Better.
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| "Not snow, no, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing
their appointed courses with all speed. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat,
nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their
appointed rounds. ?Inscription, New York City Post Office adapted from
Herodotus." | |
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Found in the topic Mail.
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| "Men trust their ears less than their eyes." | |
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Found in the topic Ears.
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