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“No profit whatever can possibly be made but at the expense of another. . . . The Merchant only thrives, and grows rich, by the pride, wantonness and debauchery of youth; the husbandman by the price and scarcity of grain; the architect by the ruin of buildings; lawyers, and officers of Justice, by the suits and contentions of men; nay even the honor and office of Divines are derived from our death and vices. A physician takes no pleasure in the health even of his friends . . . nor a soldier in the peace of his country and so of the rest.”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.”
Counsels and Maxims • Arthur Schopenhauer“Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?”
Day's Collacon • Lucius Annaeus Seneca“Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.”
On the Suffering of the World • Arthur Schopenhauer“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
The Art Of War • Sun Tzu