
“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 13
Degeneres animos timor arguit.
“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.”
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35; as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) edited by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 455
Also translated as: "Many words do not declare an understanding heart."
I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography (1985)
“Chris is proof of how wonderful humans can be when they really put their minds to it.”
Will Champion on BBC Radio 2, November 28 2019.
“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
Source: The Lost Symbol
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 166.