Amazing how much this holds true thru the ages.<\/p>\n
No better thing befalls a man than a good wife, no worse thing than a bad one.<\/p>\n
–Semonides of Amorgos<\/p>\n
The kind of events that once took place will by reason of human nature take places again.<\/p>\n
–Thucydides<\/p>\n
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office
\n–Aesop (~550 BC)<\/p>\n
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
\n–Aristotle<\/p>\n
Only the dead have seen the end of war
\n–Plato<\/p>\n
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will fin d a way around the laws.
\n–Plato<\/p>\n
To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.
\n–Plato (c. 428-348 BC)<\/p>\n
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.<\/p>\n
–Plato<\/p>\n
There’s nothing certain in man’s life except this: That he must lose it.<\/p>\n
–Aeschylus<\/p>\n
Homer
\nMen grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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