Strange & Unusual Sayings

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

I would rather be first in a small village in Gaul than second in Rome.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those that were of no use.

I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, legitimate king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the earth.

I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and great-grandsons should not think of making new conquests.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

All warfare is based on deception.

I am looking for a man.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Grass shall never grow where my horse has trodden.

You are not a fish; how do you know what makes a fish happy?

All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others.

The nature of man is evil; his goodness is acquired.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.