Plutarch

A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale
and seeing what a little body it had, read more

A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale
and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou
art all voice and nothing else." (Vox et praeterea nibil.)

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world.

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world.

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.

Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best
defence against a knave.

Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best
defence against a knave.

. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and
well made. "Yet," read more

. . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and
well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it
pinches me."