You talk when you cease to be
at peace with your thoughts.
(Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet.)
Αφρικανικό ρητό, «Το τσεκούρι…»
Το τσεκούρι ξεχνάει.
Το δέντρο θυμάται.
(Αφρικανικό ρητό.)
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.)
Cicero, «Malice…»
Malice is cunning.
(Cicero: De Natura Deorum.)
Publilius Syrus, «Bad natures…»
Bad natures never lack an instructor.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Publilius Syrus, «Cruelty…»
Cruelty isn’t softened by tears,
it feeds on them.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Tacitus, «It is a sin…»
It is a sin peculiar to man
to hate his victim.
(Tacitus: Agricola.)