diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/text/quotes.txt b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/text/quotes.txt index 5ed4b33b18..26171f7fe6 100644 --- a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/text/quotes.txt +++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/text/quotes.txt @@ -1,37 +1,37 @@ -"A prosperous fool is a grievous burden." -- Aeschylus -"From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof." -- Aeschylus -"To be rather than to seem." -- Aeschylus, "Seven Against Thebes" +"A prosperous fool is a grievous burden." - Aeschylus +"From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof." - Aeschylus +"To be rather than to seem." - Aeschylus, "Seven Against Thebes" "It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath." - Aeschylus -"In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend." -- Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound" -"Time as he grows old teaches all things." -- Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound" -Wisdom comes through suffering... Favours come to us from gods." -- Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" -"She [Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction." -- Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" -"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered." -- Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" -"For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow; it is for him who has done a deed to suffer." -- Aeschylus -"Any excuse will serve a tyrant." -- Aesop -"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop -"Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing." -- Aesop -"Familiarity breeds contempt; acquaintance softens prejudices." -- Aesop -"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." -- Aesop -"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow." -- Aesop -"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." -- Aesop -"Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty." -- Aesop -"Persuasion is often more effectual than force." -- Aesop -"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction." -- Aesop -"Slow and steady wins the race." -- Aesop -"The gods help them that help themselves." -- Aesop -"The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." -- Aesop -"Union gives strength." -- Aesop, "The Bundle of Sticks" -"Enemies' promises were made to be broken." -- Aesop -"Spartans do not ask how many, only where the enemy are." -- Agis II of Sparta -"Weep not for me, suffering as I do unjustly, I am in a happier case than my murderers." -- Agis IV, 24th Spartan king of the Eurypontid dynasty -"He who doeth good shall meet with good; and he who doeth evil shall meet with evil, for the Lord judgeth a man according to the measure of his work." -- Ahiqar, Assyrian sage -"If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." -- Alexander the Great -"I do not steal victory." -- Alexander the Great -"Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?" -- Alexander the Great -"To the strongest!" -- Alexander, on his death bed, when asked who should succeed him as king -"There is nothing impossible to him who will try" -- Alexander the Great -"Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal." -- Alexander the Great +"In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend." - Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound" +"Time as he grows old teaches all things." - Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound" +Wisdom comes through suffering... Favours come to us from gods." - Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" +"She [Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction." - Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" +"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered." - Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" +"For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow; it is for him who has done a deed to suffer." - Aeschylus +"Any excuse will serve a tyrant." - Aesop +"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." - Aesop +"Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing." - Aesop +"Familiarity breeds contempt; acquaintance softens prejudices." - Aesop +"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." - Aesop +"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow." - Aesop +"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." - Aesop +"Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty." - Aesop +"Persuasion is often more effectual than force." - Aesop +"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction." - Aesop +"Slow and steady wins the race." - Aesop +"The gods help them that help themselves." - Aesop +"The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." - Aesop +"Union gives strength." - Aesop, "The Bundle of Sticks" +"Enemies' promises were made to be broken." - Aesop +"Spartans do not ask how many, only where the enemy are." - Agis II of Sparta +"Weep not for me, suffering as I do unjustly, I am in a happier case than my murderers." - Agis IV, 24th Spartan king of the Eurypontid dynasty +"He who doeth good shall meet with good; and he who doeth evil shall meet with evil, for the Lord judgeth a man according to the measure of his work." - Ahiqar, Assyrian sage +"If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great +"I do not steal victory." - Alexander the Great +"Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?" - Alexander the Great +"To the strongest!" - Alexander, on his death bed, when asked who should succeed him as king +"There is nothing impossible to him who will try" - Alexander the Great +"Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal." - Alexander the Great "The agora is an established place for men to cheat one another, and behave covetously." - Anacharsis "Written laws are like spiders’ webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful." - Anacharsis "The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one." - Archilochus