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Related Topic(s): Argument; Disagreement; Management; Peace
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Blessed with concord, even insignificant states flourish in prosperity; but the storms of dissension overpower even the mightiest."
Micipsa, quoted by ]]JUGURTHINE WAR interpreted by Henry Steuart, L.L.D., 1824 pub date
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Sallust
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust, (86-34 BC), a Roman historian, belonged to a well-known plebeian family, and was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines. Throughout his career Sallust always stood by his principle as a popularis, an opposer of Pompey's party and the old aristocracy of Rome. |
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Related Topic(s): Argument; Enlightenment; Entertainment; Temperament
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not - And things unknown proposed as things forgot
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| Alexander Pope |
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) is a famous eighteenth century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet.
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Related Topic(s): Argument; Insight
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In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
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| Publilius Syrus |
A Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him.
His mimes, in which he acted himself, had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC. Publilius was perhaps even more famous as an improviser, and received from Caesar himself the prize in a contest in which he vanquished all his competitors, including the celebrated Decimus Laberius. |
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Related Topic(s): Dispute; Overcoming
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Nobody puts one over on Fred C. Dobbs.
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| Humphrey Bogart |
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957) was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon. The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
After trying various jobs, Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart turned to film. His first great success was as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), and this led to a period of typecasting as a gangster with films such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and B-movies like The Return of Doctor X (1939).
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