Ancient History Quotes
Genesis 6:1-8 (Heroes of Old)
When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days–and also afterward–when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown…
Euclid
There is no Royal Road to geometry.
Socrates
The beginning of wisdom is ignorance.
Julius Caesar (crossing of the Rubicon)
The die is cast.
Julius Caesar (upon his death)
Et tu, Brute?
Julius Caesar (in a victorious message)
Veni. Vidi. Vichi. (I came. I saw. I conquered.)
Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal.
Andria Terence
All things in moderation.