Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the… — Karen Elson Copy Share Image
To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Like Achilles, the hero who forgot his heel, or like Icarus who, flying close to the sun, forgot that his wings were… — Dwight Longenecker Copy Share Image
And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles'… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Briseis is kneeling by my body. She has brought water and cloth, and washes the blood and dirt from my skin. Her… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe has presciently pointed out, neoliberal corporate globalism threatens to exploit that advantage like never before, and… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“One of the key characteristics of an elite corps is its susceptibility to those more powerful than itself. Elite power is naturally… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“My friend Patroclus, whom I loved, is dead. I loved him more than any other comrade. I loved him like my head,… — Homer Copy Share Image
“He stands apart with Patroclus, his beloved through all eternity, and Patroclus - who loves Achilles but not as much as he… — Elizabeth Cook Copy Share Image
The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
