We as often repent the good
we have done as the ill.
(Hazlitt: Characteristics.)
Συντάκτης: Θεοδόσης
Dr Johnson, «Shame…»
Shame operates most strongly in our earliest years.
(Dr Johnson: Notes upon Shakespeare.)
Mencius, «The path of duty…»
The path of duty lies in what is near,
and man seeks for it in what is remote.
(Mencius.)
Marcus Aurelius, «Even in a palace…»
Even in a palace life may be lived well.
(Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.)
Helvétius, «Envy honours the dead…»
Envy honours the dead
in order to insult the living.
(Helvétius: Notes, maximes et pensées.)
Pope, «Who are next to knaves…»
Who are next to knaves?
Those that converse with them.
(Pope: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)
Aριστοτέλης, «Χρόνος…»
Τοῦτο ἐστιν ὁ χρόνος:
ἀριθμὸς κινήσεως
κατὰ τὸ πρότερον καὶ ὕστερον.
(Αριστοτέλους Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις.)
Pope, «Next to knaves…»
Who are next to knaves?
Those that converse with them.
(Pope: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)
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.)