800 BCE – 500 CE
The dawn of philosophical thought, from pre-Socratics to late antiquity.
Power reveals the man.
— Bias of Priene
"Power reveals the man."
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kind…
— Plutarch
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
Every battle is won before it is fought.
— Sun Tzu
"Every battle is won before it is fought."
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the peop…
— Marcus Aurelius
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate br..."
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good i…
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter..."
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when y…
"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a..."
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
— Cicero
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."
The great man is he who does not lose his child-like heart.
— Mencius
"The great man is he who does not lose his child-like heart."
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
— Epictetus
"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
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