Wednesday, December 17, 2003
December 16, 2003
“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies, but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.”
- Cosmo de’ Medici (1389 – 1464), Member of Medici family, rulers of Tuscany and Florence: in Bacon, “Apophthegems”, 1625.
“But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.”
- Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), English philosopher, essayist, politician and courtier: ‘Of Truth’, 1625.
“Fighting is not the answer to frustration and hate. It is a sport, not a philosophy of life.”
- Muhammad Ali (b. 1942), American heavyweight boxer: interview “TV Guide magazine”, 1999.
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their life is a mimicry, the passions a quotation.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), Irish poet, dramatist, writer, critic and wit: letter to Lord Alfred Douglas.
“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies, but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.”
- Cosmo de’ Medici (1389 – 1464), Member of Medici family, rulers of Tuscany and Florence: in Bacon, “Apophthegems”, 1625.
“But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.”
- Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), English philosopher, essayist, politician and courtier: ‘Of Truth’, 1625.
“Fighting is not the answer to frustration and hate. It is a sport, not a philosophy of life.”
- Muhammad Ali (b. 1942), American heavyweight boxer: interview “TV Guide magazine”, 1999.
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their life is a mimicry, the passions a quotation.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), Irish poet, dramatist, writer, critic and wit: letter to Lord Alfred Douglas.
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