Love & Life Sayings

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

May the evil-doer perish, and may the good be rewarded according to their deeds.

Abstain from animals.

The physician treats, but nature heals.

Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man.

The sage is sharp but not cutting, pointed but not piercing, straightforward but not unrestrained, brilliant but not dazzling.

There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.

Even as a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

You shall not murder.

Let the dead bury their own dead.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

Attachment is the root of all suffering.

The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.

The diameter of the Earth is greater than the diameter of the Moon and the diameter of the Sun is greater than the diameter of the Earth.

He who is not jealous is not in love.

The circumference of the Earth is 250,000 stadia.

I have no fear of death, only of dishonor.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

Let all historical records but those of Qin be destroyed.

I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, legitimate king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the earth.