Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss poet
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 246
“Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.”
William Congreve The Old Bachelor
Act IV, scene xi
The Old Bachelor (1693)
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
“For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.”
As quoted in 100 Decisive Battles : From Ancient Times to the Present (2001) by Paul K. Davis, p. 93; cited to the records of Procopius, in Procopius, Vol. IV, I, pp. 15-16.
“Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.”
Thomas Middleton Michaelmas Term
Michaelmas Term (1602), Act iv. Sc. 1. Compare: "It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize", Alexander Pope, The Iliad, book xxiii. line 383.
“Welcomed when it comes as long it finds me upright and strong”
About death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aT5rhOU1Cw
“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”
Christine de Pizan (1365–1430) Italian French late medieval author
“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
