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Epictetus
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c.
50–120
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c.
50–120
1
Everything has two handles, by one of which it ought to be carried and by the other not.
Everything has two handles, by one of which it ought to be carried and by the other not.
The Encheiridion
sect. 43
Epicurus
341
bc
341
bc
1
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are death is not come, and when death is come, we are not.
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are death is not come, and when death is come, we are not.
Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers
bk. 10
Equiano, Olaudah
c.
1745–1797
c.
1745–1797
1
We are…a nation of dancers, singers and poets.
of the Ibo people
We are…a nation of dancers, singers and poets.
of the Ibo people
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
(1789) ch. 1
Erasmus
c.
1469–1536
c.
1469–1536
1
In regione caecorum rex est luscus.In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
In regione caecorum rex est luscus.In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Adages
bk. 3, century 4, no. 96
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of
1566–1601
1566–1601
1
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
letter to Lord Willoughby, 4 January 1599
Estienne, Henri
1531–98
1531–98
1
Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.If youth knew; if age could.
Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.If youth knew; if age could.
Les Prémices
(1594) bk. 4, epigram 4
Etherege, George
c.
1635–91
c.
1635–91
1
I walk within the purlieus of the Law.
I walk within the purlieus of the Law.
Love in a Tub
(1664) act 1, sc. 3.
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