GREEK TO ME
Amazing how much this holds true thru the ages.
No better thing befalls a man than a good wife, no worse thing than a bad one.
–Semonides of Amorgos
The kind of events that once took place will by reason of human nature take places again.
–Thucydides
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office
–Aesop (~550 BC)
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
–Aristotle
Only the dead have seen the end of war
–Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will fin d a way around the laws.
–Plato
To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.
–Plato (c. 428-348 BC)
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
–Plato
There’s nothing certain in man’s life except this: That he must lose it.
–Aeschylus
Homer
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Great! Now all I have to do is remember them. I can add one more. “Worms are the bowels of the earth.” – Aristotle
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
With all that’s going on around us, we get daily reminders.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Spotted on a billboard on I-44 WB South of Newcastle. We used to suffer from crimes, now we suffer from Laws.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
J.J. & the New Philosophers. Sounds like a good name for a band.