Who are next to knaves?
Those that converse with them.
(Pope: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)
Μήνας: Σεπτέμβριος 2017
Montesquieu, «Virtue…»
Virtue itself needs limits.
(Montesquieu: De l’esprit des lois.)
Yisrael Meir Kagan, «Temptation…»
Temptation laughs at the fool
who takes it seriously.
(Yisrael Meir Kagan: The Chofetz Chaim.)
Cicero, «Malice…»
Malice is cunning.
(Cicero: De Natura Deorum.)
Publilius Syrus, «Bad natures…»
Bad natures never lack an instructor.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Publilius Syrus, «Cruelty…»
Cruelty isn’t softened by tears,
it feeds on them.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Tacitus, «It is a sin…»
It is a sin peculiar to man
to hate his victim.
(Tacitus: Agricola.)
Gracián, «The truest wild…»
The truest wild beasts live
in the most populous places.
(Gracián: The Art of Worldly Wisdom.)
Thomas Fuller, «The Devil himself…»
The Devil himself is good
when he is pleased.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)
Molière, «Malicious men…»
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
(Molière: Tartuffe.)