
Source: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 5.
No. 10, line 9
Holy Sonnets (1633)
Source: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 5.
“Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king.”
Reported in Tryon Edwards, A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908), p. 221.
“Desire makes slaves out of kings, and patience makes kings out of slaves.”
al-Ghazali https://awakenthegreatnesswithin.com/35-inspirational-imam-al-ghazali-quotes-on-success/
“War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.”
G. T. W. Patrick, 1889 http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/heraclitus/herpatu.htm
"Canon Law: Ecclesiastical Ministry" (1771)
Questions sur l'Encyclopédie (1770–1774)
Original: (fr) La vertu suppose la liberté, comme le transport d’un fardeau suppose la force active. Dans la contrainte point de vertu, et sans vertu point de religion. Rends-moi esclave, je n’en serai pas meilleur. Le souverain même n’a aucun droit d’employer la contrainte pour amener les hommes à la religion, qui suppose essentiellement choix et liberté. Ma pensée n’est pas plus soumise à l’autorité que la maladie ou la santé.
O destino é a ordem suprema, a que os próprios deuses aspiram, E os homens, que papel vem a ser o dos homens, Perturbar a ordem, corrigir o destino, Para melhor, Para melhor ou para pior, tanto faz, o que é preciso é impedir que o destino seja destino.
Source: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1993), p. 288
“Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.”
Source: Midnight Tides (2004)