Much like the union between England and Ireland, the marriage of Margaret Sullivan and Alexander Sullivan was the proverbial “marriage made in Hell.” Margaret is a feisty and independent woman who defies the conventions of the late 19th century by having a career as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. She married Alex with the […]
What Shakespeare Owes to Plautus
June 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last Friday I was walking through New York’s Central Park on my way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art when I passed the Delacorte Theater. There was a long line of people there and I inquired as to why they were standing there. They told me that the theater was giving out free tickets to […]
Quotes of the Day: On Wisdom
May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by instinct.”-Cicero “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”-Socrates “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”-Plato “What should a wise person do when given a blow? […]
Quotes of the Day: On Courage
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet, not withstanding, go out to meet it.”-Thucydides “Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.”-Julius Caesar “Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.”-Virgil “He is a man of courage who does not run […]
Quotes of the Day: On Happiness
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to think, to breathe, to love.”-Marcus Aurelius “Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance”-Epicurus “Happiness depends upon ourselves.”-Aristotle “The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.”-Thucydides
Quotes of the day: On Old Age
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.”-Cicero “Old age has deformities enough on its […]
Quotes of the Day: On Death
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist death is not there. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”-Epicurus “Which death is preferable to every other? The unexpected.”-Julius Caesar “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”-Socrates “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the […]
Quotes of the Day: Politics, Law, and Justice
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”-Plato “An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”-Plutarch “if you must break the law, do it to seize power. In all other cases observe it.”-Julius Caesar “Justice […]
Quotes of the Day: Education.2
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.”-Virgil “What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?”-Cicero “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”-Aristotle “If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of […]
Quotes of the Day: On Education
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The only good is knowledge. The only evil is ignorance.”-Herodotus “Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory than education without natural ability”-Cicero “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”-Aristotle “No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to […]
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