Arrian

“Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.”

“It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and die with valour.”

“For it is not death, that is a fearful thing, but a shameful death.”

“What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated: tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom.”

“No great man is born in a moment. No great achievement is accomplished overnight.”

“For I am not ashamed to confess my own admiration for Alexander.”

“What else are tragedies but the ordeals of people who have come to value externals, tricked out in tragic verse?”

“My advice to you is this, that you should not argue with your brother, but get used to making concessions to him, for you will not be the loser by it.”