“Balaam in his wrath hardly seems to notice the miraculous gift of speech but responds as though he were accustomed to having daily domestic wrangles with his asses”
― The Art of Biblical Narrative
― The Art of Biblical Narrative
“It is important to the peace of the world to understand each other and have full faith in each other's sincerity. That is all we ask; that is all we want[...]”
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“If you are told that such an one speaks ill of you, make no defense against what was said, but answer, "He surely knows not my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these only!”
― The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
― The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
“[I am] just a common everyday man whose instincts are to be ornery, who's anxious to be right.”
― Memoirs By Harry S Truman Volume Two Years of Trail and Hope
― Memoirs By Harry S Truman Volume Two Years of Trail and Hope
“36. Man, thou hast been a citizen in this great state [the world]: what difference does it make to thee whether for five years [or three]? for that which is conformable to the laws is just for all. Where is the hardship then, if no tyrant nor yet an unjust judge sends thee away from the state, but nature who brought thee into it? the same as if a praetor who has employed an actor dismisses him from the stage. “But I have not finished the five acts, but only three of them.”—Thou sayest well, but in life the three acts are the whole drama; for what shall be a complete drama is determined by him who was once the cause of its composition, and now of its dissolution: but thou art the cause of neither. Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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