From Xenophon: “Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.”
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Quote of the day 09/22/25
From Xenophon: “Success should never breed complacency.”
Quote of the day 09/21/25
From Xenophon: “Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.”
Quote of the day 09/18/25
From Xenophon: “There is a deep—and usually frustrated—desire in the heart of everyone to act with benevolence rather than selfishness, and one fine instance of generosity can inspire dozens more.”
Quote of the day 09/17/25
From Xenophon: “Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.”
Quote of the day 09/16/25
From Xenophon: “Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.”
Quote of the day 03/10/25
From Francis Bacon: “Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils.”
Quote of the day 02/03/25
From Epictetus: “Two rules we should always have ready,-that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.”
Quote of the day 10/01/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
Quote of the day 09/29/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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