Authority is never without hate.
(Euripides: Ion.)
Κατηγορία: Theatre
Bernard Shaw, «Political necessities…»
Political necessities sometimes
turn out to be political mistakes.
(Bernard Shaw: St. Joan.)
Seneca, «Successful crime…»
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
(Seneca: Hercules Furens.)
Henrik Ibsen, «When we dead awaken…»
When we dead awaken…
We see that we have never lived.
(Henrik Ibsen: When we dead awaken.)
Henrik Ibsen, «A thousand words…»
A thousand words can’t make the mark
a single deed will leave.
(Henrik Ibsen: Brand.)
Shakespeare, «Men shut their doors…»
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
(Shakespeare: Timon of Athens.)
Ben Johnson, «Contempt…»
Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
(Ben Jonson: Sejanus.)
Georg Büchner, «I cannot tell…»
I cannot tell what part of me
deceives the other.
(Georg Büchner: Danton’s Death.)
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.)
Sophocles, «To the man…»
To the man who is afraid
everything rustles.
(Sophocles from fragmentarly saved tragedy.)