Marcus Aurelius Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος

170s · Roman Empire

No more arguing about what a good man is like. Be one.

περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.

Meditations 10.16

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399 BC · Athens, ancient Greece · Said in court, facing death, and recorded by his pupil Plato

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ

Plato, Apology of Socrates 38a

about 2,000 years ago · Tamil country, South India

To say a thing is easy for anyone; to do as one has said is hard.

சொல்லுதல் யார்க்கும் எளிய அரியவாம் சொல்லிய வண்ணம் செயல்.

Tirukkural 664

about 2,000 years ago · Tamil country, South India

The way to punish those who have done you harm is to shame them by doing them good, and let it go.

இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண நன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல்.

Tirukkural 314

11th century · Khorasan, Persia · The end of a fable in which an eagle, boasting as it flies high, is brought down by an arrow

He looked at the arrow and saw his own feather on it. He said: "Whom shall we blame? What comes upon us comes from us."

زی تیر نگه کرد پر خویش برو دید گفتا «ز که نالیم؟ که از ماست که بر ماست»

Divan of Naser Khosrow