In this volume are given somewhat more than one thousand quotations from the writers of all lands and times mainly concerning women. We give below some of the more striking of these sayings ...

Here's a highlight reel of the finest in ancient wisdom. We're confident they're just as applicable to the modern life in Manhattan or Hong Kong as they were to the plains of the Ganges or the ...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “Rome was not built in a day.” Caesar Augustus boasted, “I found Rome a city of brick and ...

appropriation of ancient sayings, repetition, symmetry, rhyme and rhythm. The writings attributed to him are poetical and dense. In this quote, Lao Tzu is trying to express that great things start ...