Heinrich Heine
View AuthorA friend asked me why we don't build cathedrals like the famous Gothic ones nowadays, and I said to him: 'The men of those times had convictions; we moderns have nothing but opinions, and to raise a Gothic cathedral, something more than an opinion is needed'.
Horace
View AuthorSeize the day (seize the present day). Words that remind us that life is short and we must hurry to enjoy it.
Horace
View AuthorThink that every day could be the last.
Horace
View AuthorEvery day is a little life.
Horace
View AuthorVirtue is the midpoint between two opposite vices.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe surest sign of wisdom is constant serenity.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe clearest proof of wisdom is continuous joy.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorTrue freedom consists of absolute self-mastery.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorTrust in the goodness of others is no small testimony to one's own goodness.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorA hundred times a day we mock our own faults by criticizing them in others.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorKnowing much gives occasion to doubt more.
Aristotle
View AuthorIn reality, to live as a man means to choose a target - honor, glory, wealth, culture - and aim for it with all of one's conduct, for not ordering life towards a purpose is a sign of great foolishness.