“We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.”
“While rose-buds scarcely show'd their hue, But coyly linger'd on the thorn.”
Source : Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.358
“What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.”
“If you know your ceremonies and culture you'll know where the offense takes place”
Desiderius Erasmus
Theologian
Etienne de La Boetie
Writer
Francois Rabelais
Writer
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Niccolo Machiavelli
Historian
Pierre de Ronsard
Poet
Rene Descartes
Philosopher
William Shakespeare
Poet