Life and death are balanced
as it were on the edge of a razor.
(Homer: Iliad.)
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Κατηγορία: Daily Quotes
Daily quote: Mark Twain, «If man had created man…»
If man had created man
he would be ashamed
of his performance.
(Mark Twain: Notebooks.)
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Daily quote: William Shakespeare. “The moon is an arrant thief…”
The Moon’s an arrant thief –
her pale fire she snatches from the Sun.
(William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens.)
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Daily quote: Sigmund Freud, «How bold…»
How bold one gets
when he is sure of being loved.
(Sigmund Freud: Letter to his fiancée.)
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Daily quote: No colour…
Daily quote: Vladimir Mayakovski, «I splashed colours…»
I splashed colours and smeared
the drap world with emotion.
(Vladimir Mayakovski: Morning.)
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Daily quote: Spinoza, «Desire…»
Desire is the very essence of man.
(Spinoza: Ethics.)
Daily quote: Dostojevsky, «The degree of civilization…»
The degree of civilization in a society
can be judged by entering its prisons.
(Dostoyevsky: The house of the dead.)
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Daily quote: I am escaped…
Daily quote: Homer, «Welcome…»
Welcome the coming,
speed the parting guest.
(Homer: Odyssey.)