National Association of Philosophy Students (Nigeria)

The New Executives of National Association of Philosophy Students, University
of Ibadan Chapter for the 2007/2008 session

From Left: Wale Owoseni (PRO/Chairman Editorial Board),Meminat Ogundele
(Social Secretary), Tope Joseph (General Secretary), Noah Balogun (Vice
President), Adediran Kayode Bolarinwa (President),Elamah TheophilusFinancial Secretary), Wale Oyebajo (Sport Director), Ekong Martins (Assist. General Secretary), Opadiran Victoria (Treasurer)

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.

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