Random Quotes
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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.Themistocles, from Plutarch, Lives
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.Themistocles, from Plutarch, Lives
Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Time as he grows old teaches all things.Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Vigorous writing is concise.William Strunk Jr., "The Elements of Style", 1919
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.Aeschylus, Agamemnon
His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes
Words have a longer life than deeds.Pindar, Nemean Odes