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Friday, April 4, 2008

Lucretius, Ovid, Montaigne, Pliny


"At last true words surge up from deep within our breast,
The mask is snatched away, reality is left."
Lucretius (qtd. Montaigne)

"When death comes, let it find me at my work."
Ovid (qtd. Montaigne)

"For in truth habit is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress."
Montaigne

"Habit is the most effective teacher of all things."
Pliny (qtd. Montaigne)

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