Quotes of the day

27.02.2026

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. (Socrates)
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. View quote
Plutarch
Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit. View quote
Ludwig van Beethoven
One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts. View quote
C. S. Lewis

26.02.2026

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. (Confucius)
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. View quote
Socrates
There was never a good war, or a bad peace. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance. View quote
Maximilien Robespierre

25.02.2026

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. (Seneca)
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope. View quote
Epictetus
We are all born mad. Some remain so. View quote
Samuel Beckett
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. View quote
Mark Twain