Justice to others is charity for ourselves.
(Montesquieu: Persian Letters.)
Μήνας: Σεπτέμβριος 2017
Heraclitus, «The people should fight for their law…»
The people should fight for their law
as for their city wall.
(Heraclitus.)
Emerson, «People say law…»
People say law but they mean wealth.
(Emerson: Journals.)
Seneca, «Successful crime…»
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
(Seneca: Hercules Furens.)
Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach, «Many priceless things…»
Many priceless things can be bought.
(Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach: Aphorisms.)
Cervantes, «When a man is down…»
When a man is down,
‘down with him!’.
(Cervantes: Don Quixote.)
Henri Petit, «The rebel angels…»
The rebel angels fly in ranks.
(Henri Petit: Les Justes Solitudes.)
Edmund Burke, «Kings are naturally…»
Kings are naturally lovers of low company.
(Edmund Burke: Speech on the Economical Reform.)
Don Marquis, «There is nothing…»
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
(Don Marquis.)
Palladas, «When the man of plenty…»
When the man of plenty nears the end of his,
Death yawns beneath him like a precipice.
(Palladas.)