Now, man’s inborn nature is to seek for gain. If this tendency is followed, strife and rapacity result and deference and compliance disappear.… (0 comment)
The Judgements of justice that Hammurabi the able king has established …. In order that the strong not oppress the weak, that justice be given the orphan and the widow, I have inscribed my precious words on my stela … Hammurabi of Babylon, King of Babylon (1792-1750 BC). His black basalt stela, anciently captured… (0 comment)
Nothing is better than books! It’s like a boat on water. Dua-khety of Sile in the eastern Delta [Tell Abu Sefa], Egypt (1825±175 BC in a copy of c.1250 BC). Tr. Miriam Lichtheim. Cited by Fèlix Nesci, Spacebook.… (0 comment)
Don’t be arrogant in your knowledge, consult the ignorant and the wise.
The limits of art are not yet reached, and no artist’s skills are perfect.… (0 comment)
Every form of contempt, if it intervenes in politics, institutes or prepares the way for fascism. The need to be right marks a vulgar mind. Albert Camus of Mondovi and Algiers, Algeria, French Empire [Algeria]; Paris; near Villeblevin, France (1913-1960)… (0 comment)
From space we see our earth as it truly is — a tiny blue globe, fragile and beautiful, which is our only home. We discern no barriers between races, religions, countries. We perceive the essential unity of our species and of our planet. …… (0 comment)
