The degree of civilization in a society
can be judged by entering its prisons.
(Dostoyevsky: The house of the dead.)
Μήνας: Μάιος 2017
Homer, «Clearly doing good…»
Clearly doing good
puts doing bad to shame.
(Homer: Odyssey.)
Homer, «Welcome…»
Welcome the coming,
speed the parting guest.
(Homer: Odyssey.)
Homer, «Each man…»
Each man delights in the work
that suits him best.
(Homer: Odyssey.)
Homer, «If only strife…»
If only strife could die
from the lives of gods and men…
(Homer: Iliad.)
Homer, «Life and death…»
Life and death are balanced
as it were on the edge of a razor.
(Homer: Iliad.)
Homer, «Always…»
Always be the best
and hold your head up high
above the others.
(Homer: Iliad.)
Daily quote: Issac Newton, «No hypotheses…»
I contrive no hypotheses.
(Newton: Principia Mathematica.)
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Daily quote: Emerson, «Everything…»
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
(Emerson.)
Daily quote: Aeschylus, «His resolve…»
His resolve is not to seem,
but to be, the best.
(Aeschylus: Seven against Thebes.)
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