Two sagas from the 13th century—Eirik the Red’s Saga and the Saga of the Greenlanders—unanimously declare that Leif Eiriksson was the first known Scandinavian to set...
Odin (Norse god)
"Never be made glad by wickedness
but please yourself with good things."
This quote comes from stanza 128 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an...
Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706-1790)
"If what most men admire
they would despise,
It would look as if mankind
were growing wise."
From Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin (Seven Treasures Publications,...
Hesiod (8th century BCE)
"Full of ills is the earth, and full the sea."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 100, translated by M. L. West (Oxford...
Odin (Norse god)
"Never be made glad by wickedness
but please yourself with good things."
This quote comes from stanza 128 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between 6th-3rd century BCE)
"Weakness
Stems from
Preparing against attack.
Strength
Stems from
Obliging the enemy
To prepare against an attack."
Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter Six), translated...
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Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE) was an Athenian general and historian who lived through the Peloponnesian War (c. 431-404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta....
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Over the course of his life, Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) underwent a tremendous transformation, from a poorly educated boy who ran away from...
Hesiod (8th century BCE)
"Full of ills is the earth, and full the sea."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 100, translated by M. L. West (Oxford...
By 1413, Margery Kempe—an up-and-coming mystic and self-proclaimed holy woman—was dividing the masses of England down lines of public opinion. Although she could not...
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"Owing to the helplessness and subservience of democracy in the hands of ambitious and commanding men, added to the facilities of...
Hesiod (8th century BCE)
"Full of ills is the earth, and full the sea."
From Hesiod's Works and Days (approximately line 100, translated by M. L. West (Oxford...
Two sagas from the 13th century—Eirik the Red’s Saga and the Saga of the Greenlanders—unanimously declare that Leif Eiriksson was the first known Scandinavian to set...
Odin (Norse god)
"Never be made glad by wickedness
but please yourself with good things."
This quote comes from stanza 128 of Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), an...
Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706-1790)
"If what most men admire
they would despise,
It would look as if mankind
were growing wise."
From Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin (Seven Treasures Publications,...
Pericles (c. 495-429 BCE)
"A general ought not only to have clean hands, but also clean eyes."
Quote attributed to Pericles by Plutarch in Parallel Lives (Life of...
Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)
"Let us be the ones who first arouse others to demonstrate their valour. Prove yourselves the best possible officers! Prove yourselves...
Livy (c. 59 BCE-17 CE)
"Learn by another's sorrow to avoid it for yourselves."
The History of Rome (Book 3, section 30) by Livy, translated by Aubrey...
