Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth."

• From The Sign of the Four (Chapter 1), in Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (Enhanced Media, 2016).

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Sima Qian

Sima Qian (Han Dynasty historian, c. 145-90 BCE)

"When the army goes, our sons go with it."

• From The Basic Annals of Qin in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shi ji) by Sima Qian, translated by Burton Watson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

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Homer

Homer (9th and 8th century BCE)

"Ah, how I wish rivalry
could be banished from the world of gods and men, and with it
anger, which makes the wisest man flare up and spreads much
sweeter than dripping honey through his whole being, like
smoke."

• From The Iliad (Book 18) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)

"I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing."

• From Existentialism and Human Emotions (Philosophical Library Inc., 1957 and 1985).

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Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)

"Levity of heart and neglect of our faults make us insensible to the proper sorrows of the soul, and we often engage in empty laughter when we should rightly weep."

• From The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis translated by L. Sherley-Price (Penguin, 1972).

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Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale (American author, c. 1898-1993)

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

• Quote by Norman Vincent Peale from "The staying power of Christmastime by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale". As quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 42, 1953, p. 142.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)

"As a matter of fact, every bad man is ignorant of what he ought to do and refrain from doing, and it is just this sort of fault that makes people unjust and generally bad."

• From The Nicomachean Ethics (Book III, i) by Aristotle, translated by J. A. K. Thomson (Penguin Classics, 2004).

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Mencius

Mencius (4th and 3rd century BCE)

"If you honour the good and wise and employ the able so that outstanding man are in high position, then Gentlemen throughout the Empire will be only too pleased to serve at your court."

• From The Mencius (Book II, Part A) by Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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Snorri Sturluson / The Lay of Grimnir

Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) quoting The Lay of Grimnir.

"The ash Yggdrasil
is foremost of trees,
and Skidladnir of ships,
Odin of the Æsir,
and of stallions, Sleipnir,
Bifrost of bridges,
and Bragi of skalds,
Habrok of hawks,
and of hounds, Garm."

• From The Lay of Grimnir in The Prose Edda (Gylfaginning) by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005). 

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (c. 1859-1930)

"It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn."

• From A Study in Scarlet (chapter 7), in Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (Enhanced Media, 2016).

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Thucydides

 Thucydides (approximately 460-400 BCE)

"One's sense of honour is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men." 

• History of the Peloponnesian War (Book II) by Thucydides, translated by Rex Warner and introduced by M. I. Finley. New York: Penguin Classics, 1972.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
"And now, good people, pay attention all.
See how Dame Fortune quickly changes side
And robs her enemy of hope and pride!"

• From The Canterbury Tales (The Nun's Priest's Tale) by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated to modern English by Nevill Coghill (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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Cassius Dio

Cassius Dio (Roman politician and historian, 163-235)

"Immortality is a state which it is not in our power to possess, but by living nobly and dying nobly we do in a certain measure achieve this condition."

• From Cassius Dio's The Roman History (Book 53, chapter 9), translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert (Penguin Classics, 1987). Dio wrote this quote in the character of Octavian for a scene where Octavian gives a speech about remaining in power as a dictator.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (384-322 BCE)

"It is the mark of a courageous man to face things that are terrible to a human being, and that he can see are such, because it is a fine act to face then and a disgrace not to do so."

• From The Nicomachean Ethics (Book III, viii) by Aristotle, translated by J. A. K. Thomson (Penguin Classics, 2004).

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Buddha

The Buddha (this quote recorded around the 3rd century BCE)

"Like the earth, he is not troubled.
Like a pillar he is firm.
Like a pond free from mud
there are no rounds of rebirths
for such a person."

• From The Dhammapada (Verses on the Way, Chapter 8), recorded in the 3rd century BCE. Translation by Glenn Wallis, 2004.

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Tertullian

Tertullian (2nd and 3rd Century theologian from Carthage)


"Heretics and philosophers perpend the same themes and are caught up in the same discussions. What is the origin of evil, and why? The origin of humans, and how?"

• "Prescriptian of the Heretics" by Tertullian, translated by S. L. Greenslade (SCM  Press, 1956). 

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor, c. 121-180)

"Man, God, the world, every one in their kind, bear some fruits. All things have their proper time to bear."

• From the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Book IX, (Xist Publishing edition, 2015).

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Apollonius of Rhodes

Apollonius of Rhodes (Greek/Egyptian poet, c. 3rd century BCE)

"Ah, reputation.
What rancor, what harsh blows will I endure
to pay for all the awful things I've done?"

• From Apollonius of Rhodes' epic poem, Argonautica (Book 4), based on the myth of Jason and the Argonauts. The translation is by Aaron Poochigian (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan (French writer, c. 1364-1430)

"My ladies, see how these men assail you on all sides and accuse you of every vice imaginable. Prove them all wrong by showing how principled you are and refute the criticisms they make of you by behaving morally."

• From The Book of the City of Ladies (Part III, chapter 19) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (words recorded c. 6th-3rd century BCE)

"War
    Is founded
    On deception;
    Movement is determined
    By advantage;
    Division and unity
    Are its elements
    Of Change."

• From Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter 7), translated by John Minford (Penguin Classics, 2009).

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Aristotle

Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)

"Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our powers to act, it is also in our power not to act, and where we can refuse we can also comply."

• From The Nicomachean Ethics (Book III, v) by Aristotle, translated by J. A. K. Thomson (Penguin Classics, 2004). 

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