Morpho

“It is madness that certain men have occupied their minds with measuring the world and have dared to publish their results.”
― Pliny the Elder, Natural History: A Selection

“It is better to keep silence and to be than it is to speak and not to be.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Ephesians

“Dionysus: Have you e'er felt a sudden lust for soup?
Heracles: Soup! Zeus-a-mercy, yes, ten thousand times.”
― Aristophanes, The Frogs

“When the demons see that, after the mischievous relater of jests has begun, we attempt to flee from hearing him, as it were from an infectious disease, then they try to catch us by two thoughts, suggesting to us: "Do not offend the story-teller," or: "Do not appear to love God more than they do." Be off! Do not dally, otherwise at the time of your prayer, the jokes will recur to your mind. And not only run, but even piously disconcert the bad company by offering for their general attention the thought of death and judgment.”
― John Climacus, The ladder of divine ascent