Ctesibius Inventions Quotes & Sayings

The artist's view of the world and mankind is that which seeks as far as possible to lose itself in its object, illuminating it not from the outside by some light foreign to it, but from within, deriving light from its own core. — Egon Friedell

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it. — Simone De Beauvoir

The more civilized Man becomes, the more violent he becomes. — Stanley S. Thornton

Set a thief to catch a thief. — Callimachus

I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it's interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a year later people won't remember them. — Daniel Kahneman

The whole key of the profitable everyday living will be to discover out what's one's future to try and do, and after that do it. — Henry Ford