Hannibal (-247–-183 BC) military commander of Carthage during the Second Punic War
As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
“The harsh realities of war impose
More searching tests of valour, be it said,
Than grace and style; and fortune too is needed,
Without which valour seldom has succeeded.”
— Ludovico Ariosto, book Orlando Furioso
Bisognan di valor segni più chiari,
Che por con leggiadria la lancia in resta:
Ma fortuna anco più bisogna assai;
Che senza, val virtù raro o non mai.
Canto XVI, stanza 46 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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Bellandum est astu; leuior laus in duce dextrae.
Book V, line 100
Punica
“Manhood is tested by trial, and valour climbs unterrified the rocky path and difficult ascent that leads to glory.”
Explorant adversa viros, perque aspera duro
nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo.
Book IV, lines 603–604
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François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Ce que nous prenons pour des vertus n'est souvent qu'un assemblage de diverses actions et de divers intérêts, que la fortune ou notre industrie savent arranger; et ce n'est pas toujours par valeur et par chasteté que les hommes sont vaillants, et que les femmes sont chastes.
Maxim 1.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974) Polish-born British mathematician
"The Scientific Revolution and the Machine"
The Common Sense of Science (1951)
Fausto Cercignani (1941) Italian scholar, essayist and poet
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M. C. Escher (1898–1972) Dutch graphic artist
1950's, On Being a Graphic Artist', 1953
Context: The result of the struggle between the thought and the ability to express it, between dream and reality, is seldom more than a compromise or an approximation. Thus there is little chance that we will succeed in getting through to a large audience, and on the whole we are quite satisfied if we are understood and appreciated by a small number of sensitive, receptive people.
