As soon as there were two,
there was pride.
(Donne: Sermon.)
Μήνας: Σεπτέμβριος 2017
W. R. Inge, «Personalize…»
Personalize your sympathies;
depersonalize your antipathies.
(W. R. Inge: More Lay Thoughts of a Dean.)
Blake, «It is easier…»
It is easier to forgive an Enemy
than to forgive a Friend.
(Blake: Jerusalem.)
Victor Hugo, «Friend is sometimes…»
Friend is sometimes a word
devoid of meaning;
enemy, never.
(Victor Hugo: Tas de pierres.)
Charles Caleb Colton, «Rats and conquerors…»
Rats and conquerors must expect
no mercy in misfortune.
(Charles Caleb Colton: Lacon.)
Euripides, «Authority…»
Authority is never without hate.
(Euripides: Ion.)
Swift, «Party…»
Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few.
(Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)
Bernard Shaw, «Political necessities…»
Political necessities sometimes
turn out to be political mistakes.
(Bernard Shaw: St. Joan.)
Dr Johnson, «To find a new country…»
To find a new country and invade it
has always been the same.
(Dr Johnson: Introduction to The World Displayed.)
Nietzsche, «No victor…»
No victor believes in chance.
(Nietzsche: The Gay Science.)