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Pius VII
1742–1823
1742–1823
1
We are prepared to go to the gates of Hell—but no further.
attempting to reach an agreement with Napoleon,
c.
1800–1
We are prepared to go to the gates of Hell—but no further.
attempting to reach an agreement with Napoleon,
c.
1800–1
J. M. Robinson
Cardinal Consalvi
(1987)
Pius XII
1876–1958
1876–1958
1
One Galileo in two thousand years is enough.
on being asked to proscribe the works of Teilhard de Chardin
One Galileo in two thousand years is enough.
on being asked to proscribe the works of Teilhard de Chardin
attributed; Stafford Beer
Platform for Change
(1975)
Planck, Max
1858–1947
1858–1947
1
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
A Scientific Autobiography
(1949, translated by F. Gaynor)
Plath, Sylvia
1932–63
1932–63
1
Every woman adores a Fascist,
The boot in the face, the brute
Brute heart of a brute like you.
Dying,
Is an art, like everything else.
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
Every woman adores a Fascist,
The boot in the face, the brute
Brute heart of a brute like you.
"Daddy" (1963)
Dying,
Is an art, like everything else.
"Lady Lazarus" (1963)
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
"Lady Lazarus" (1963)
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
"Morning Song" (1965)
Plato
429
bc
429
bc
1
Socrates, he says, breaks the law by corrupting young men and not recognizing the gods that the city recognizes, but some other new deities.
Is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods?
This was the end, Echekrates, of our friend; a man of whom we may say that of all whom we met at that time he was the wisest and justest and best.
on the death of Socrates
Behold! human beings living in a underground den…Like ourselves…they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.
Socrates, he says, breaks the law by corrupting young men and not recognizing the gods that the city recognizes, but some other new deities.
Apologia
24b
Is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods?
Euthyphro
10
This was the end, Echekrates, of our friend; a man of whom we may say that of all whom we met at that time he was the wisest and justest and best.
on the death of Socrates
Phaedo
118a
Behold! human beings living in a underground den…Like ourselves…they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.
The Republic
bk. 7, 515b.
Plautus
c.
250
bc
c.
250
bc
1
Dictum sapienti sat est.A sentence is enough for a sensible man.
proverbially: "Verbum sapienti sat est [A word is enough for the wise]", and abbreviated to "verb. sap."
Dictum sapienti sat est.A sentence is enough for a sensible man.
proverbially: "Verbum sapienti sat est [A word is enough for the wise]", and abbreviated to "verb. sap."
Persa
l. 729
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