uotes

Here are a few of my favorite quotes, in no particular order, and without translation (which I'll be happy to provide if a particular quote catches your fancy.) I have tried to provide the source wherever possible; please contact me if you happen to know the source of any of the other quotes.

Aut inveniam viam aut faciam.
Caecorum in patria luscus rex imperat omnis.
--Fulonius
Dulce bellum inexpertis.
--Erasmus
Age bene quod agis.
Carpe diem.
--Horatius
Pereant, inquit, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.
--Aelius Donatus
Brevis esse laboro obscurus fio.
Damnant quod non intelligunt.
--Quintillian
Nec timeo nec spero.
Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat.
Amor vincit omnia, sed non semper vincit.
--mine
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
--William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
In time we hate that which we often fear.
--William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", I,iii
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
--Daniel Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe"
[..] The most despicable man [is the one] who can no longer despise himself.
--Friedrich Nietzsche, "Also sprach Zarathustra"
Meum est propositum in taberna mori
Ut sit vina proxima morientis ori
Tunc cantabunt laetius angelorum chori
"Sit Deus propitus huic potatori!"
Democracy: It's your vote that counts.
Feudalism: It's your Count that votes.
Don't be humble, you are not that great.
--Golda Meir
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful -- just stupid.)
--Robert A. Heinlein
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
--Robert A. Heinlein
We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.
--John Webster
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a time of happiness in misery.
--Dante
Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.
--Ludwig van Beethoven
Committee: The solution given to a spelling problem by a komiti.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
If forced to choose between two evils, try the new one.
The rain it raineth on the just
and on the unjust fella.
But chiefly on the just, because
the unjust steals the just's umbrella.
--Lord Bowen
The church is near but the road is icy; the tavern is far away but I will walk carefully.
--Russian proverb
Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold.
Vergebens besitzt, wer nicht genießt.
À vaincre sans peril, on triomphe sans gloire.
--Pierre Corneille, "Le Cid"
À vaincre sans peril, on evite les ennuis.
--Rene Goscinny, "Asterix"
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtaga.
--H.P.Lovecraft, "The Shadow over Innsmouth"

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