FridayJan 16, 2026
Quotes: 53419 Authors: 9969
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
I will not steal a victory. The end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue.
I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
I assure you I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them [worlds], we have not yet conquered one?
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
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