Philosophical
Quotes
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong.
--महात्मा
(Mahatma
Gandhi)
Πενία γὰρ ἐστὶν ἡ τρόπων διδάσκαλος.
--Poverty teaches manners. -Antiphanes
Ῥᾷγες ὀμφακίζουσι μάλα.
--Sour
grapes. -Aesop
Κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον.
--Ears had
they and heard not.
-Aeschylus
Πλεόνων δέ τοι ἔργον ἄμεινον.
--Many hands
make light work. -Homer
Μία λόχνη οὐ τρέφει δύο ἐριθάκους.
--One cherry
tree will not hold two jays.
Ὄχλος ἀσταθμητότατον πρᾶγμα τῶν ἁπάντων καὶ ἀσυνετώτατον.
--The crowd
is the most unreliable and witless thing in the world.
-Demosthenes
Rebus
in Humanis, Regina Pecunia Nauta est.
--In human affairs, Queen Money is the one who runs the ship.
Οὐδεν μάτην ἡ φύσις ποιεῖ.
--Nature
creates nothing without a purpose. -Aristotle
Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλὰ ἐστιν ὅπῃ ἔχει μαθεῖν.
--Whatever
is good to know is difficult to learn.
Qui
rides? mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.
--Why laugh? With a change of name, the story is told about you. -Horace
Μεγάλων ἀπολισθαίνειν ὅμως εὐγενὲς ἁμάρτημα.
--In great
attempts, even to fail is glorious.
Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur.
--Opportunity is presented rarely, and is easily lost.
It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have
a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior
by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the
Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
-宮本
武蔵
(Miyamoto
Musashi)
Die Leugner des Zufalls. — 'Kein Sieger glaubt an den Zufall.'
--Those who deny chance. — 'No victor believes in chance.'
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (The Gay Science), Third Book, Aphorism 258.
-Nietzsche
Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn starker.
--What does not kill him, makes him stronger.
(Ecce Homo, "Why I Am So Wise", 2)
-Nietzsche
"I keep six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew; their names are what
and why and when and how and where and who."
--Rudyard Kipling
Πείσας λάβε, μὴ βιασάμενος.
--Win by
persuasion, not by force. -Bias
Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.
--Loyalty isn't for sale.
Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt.
--Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
