All Sayings

46 sayings found from the Ancient era

Category

All Controversial Humorous Philosophical Shocking Strange & Unusual

Era

All Eras Ancient Contemporary Early Modern Ancient Contemporary Early Modern Medieval Modern

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

— Hypatia c. 400 CE
Strange & Unusual

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.

— Virgil 37–30 BCE
Strange & Unusual

Love is a kind of warfare.

— Ovid 2 CE
Strange & Unusual

The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying.

— Aristotle c. 350 BCE
Controversial

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

— Plato c. 375 BCE
Humorous

All parts of the body are formed in the semen.

— Galen 180 CE
Controversial