Temptation laughs at the fool
who takes it seriously.
(Yisrael Meir Kagan: The Chofetz Chaim.)
Κατηγορία: Excerpt
Cicero, «Malice…»
Malice is cunning.
(Cicero: De Natura Deorum.)
Tacitus, «It is a sin…»
It is a sin peculiar to man
to hate his victim.
(Tacitus: Agricola.)
Henrik Ibsen, «To live…»
To live is to battle the trolls
in the heart as well as the brain.
(Henrik Ibsen.)
Robert Frost, «The best way out…»
The best way out is always through.
(Robert Frost: A Servant to Servants.)
Elizabeth Bowen, «Fate is not an eagle…»
Fate is not an eagle,
it creeps like a rat.
(Elizabeth Bowen: The House in Paris.)
Carlyle, «There is a science…»
There is a science of Dynamics
in man’s fortunes and nature,
as well as of Mechanics.
(Carlyle: Signs of the Times.)
Pascal, «It is not certain…»
It is not certain
that everything is uncertain.
(Pascal: Pensees.)
William Shenstone, «Patience…»
Patience is the Panacea;
but where does it grow,
or who can swallow it?
(William Shenstone: Essays on Men and Manners.)
Publilius Syrus, «Anger…»
Anger always thinks it has power
beyond its power.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)