Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

"Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge."

• From Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin (Seven Treasures Publications, 2008).

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The Buddha

The Buddha (Lived between 6th-4th century BCE)

"Just as rain cannot pierce
a well-roofed house,
so passion cannot pierce
a well-cultivated mind."

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

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

"In investigations such as we are now pursuing, it should not be so much asked 'what has occurred,' as 'what has occurred that has never occurred before.'"

• From The Murders in the Rue Morgue in Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Works (JKL Classics, 2017).

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)

"Some say the things we most desire are these:
Freedom to do exactly as we please,
With no one to reprove our faults and lies,
Rather to have one call us good and wise."

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

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

"Young fellows are tempted by girls, men who are thirty years old are tempted by gold, when they are forty years old they are tempted by honor and glory, and those who are sixty years old say to themselves, 'What a pious man I have become!'"

• From Martin Luther's Table Talk, published by Luther's friends and students in 1566. Translation in A Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introduction, edited by Denis R. Janz (Fortress Press, 2008).

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Herodotus

Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)

"Guard the head well, and the head will save the body."

• A prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi for the city of Argos, recorded by Herodotus in Book 7 of The Histories, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 CE)

"'How should a man be referred to?'
'He should be referred to in terms of his work, what he supplies or receives or does."

• From The Prose Edda (Skaldskaparmal) by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005).

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