Jonathan Swift
View AuthorApollo, the god of medicine, used to send diseases. In the beginning, the two professions were one, and it remains so.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorIt is difficult to have precise convictions when speaking of matters of the heart.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorThe important thing is to seek. It doesn't matter if it's found or not.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorDon't leave me alone among people full of certainties. Those people are terrible.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorPersonally, I don't trust literature that soothes people's conscience.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorI read the books that were supposed to explain the world to me, as if the world could be explained in books.
Tacitus
View AuthorTruth is strengthened by investigation and deliberation; falsehood, by haste and uncertainty.
Tacitus
View AuthorHe who gets angry at criticism, acknowledges that it was deserved.
Tacitus
View AuthorIt's okay for women to cry, for men to remember.
Tacitus
View AuthorFor those who aspire to power, there is no middle ground between the summit and the precipice.
Tacitus
View AuthorWhen we enjoy good health, we easily give good advice to the sick.
Tacitus
View AuthorThe worst enemies are those who always approve everything.