I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

It wasn't science and technology that cause a slow progress, but collective knowledge of the society and market demands.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute

Some broken vases can still hold beautiful flowers

Life is too precious to waste any of it regretting the past.

My kingdom for a more embodied body

before feminism was, Paglia was!

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

We're all united in this, that every human being migrates through time, that the place we grew up in in our childhood is gone when we're in our 50s and 60s and 70s.