Men’s maxims reveal their character.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and maxims.)
Κατηγορία: Excerpt
Malesherbes, «A new maxim…»
A new maxim is often a brilliant error.
(Malesherbes: Pensee et maximes.)
Gracian, «Good things…»
Good things, when short, are twice as good…
(Gracian: The art of worldy wisdom.)
Dante Alighieri, “The wisest are…”
The wisest are the most annoyed
at the loss of time.
(Dante Alighieri.)
Fernando Pessoa, “My past is everything…”
My past is everything
I failed to be.
(Fernando Pessoa: The Book of Disquiet.)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, «It is the time…»
It is the time you have wasted for your rose
that makes your rose so important.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince.)
Martin Luther King, «Dream…»
I have a dream today.
(Martin Luther King.)
«He who saw the Deep…»
He who shaw the Deep,
was wise in all matters.
(Gilgamesh.)
I am escaped…
I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
(Job.)
How forcible…
How forcible are right words!
(Job.)