Fear cannot be without hope
nor hope without fear.
(Spinoza: Ethics.)
Daily quote: Homer, «Always…»
Always be the best
and hold your head up high
above the others.
(Homer: Iliad.)
Daily quote: Emerson, «A good indignation…»
A good indignation brings out
all one’s powers.
(Emerson.)
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Daily quote: Aeschylus, «When the dust…»
When the dust has drunk the blood,
no resurrection comes for the dead.
(Aeschylus: Eumenides.)
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Daily quote: Newton, «If I have seen…»
If I have seen further
it is by standing
on the shoulders of Giants.
(Newton: Letter to R. Hooke.)
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Daily quote: Anton Chekhov, «But perhaps the universe…»
Perhaps the universe is suspended
on the tooth of some monster…
(Anton Chekhov: Notebooks.)
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Daily quote: Anatole France, «The impotence of God…»
The impotence of God is infinite…
(Anatole France: Under the rose.)
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Αrchbishop Whately, «To know…»
To know your ruling passion,
examine your castles in the air.
(Αrchbishop Whately: Apophthegms.)
Nietzsche, «Formula…»
Formula of my happiness:
a Yes, a No, a straight line,
a goal . . .
(Nietzsche: Twilight of the Idols.)