Who said that?....In History

[Centurion]

Thanks Nom

 

who said:

 

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

[cynical lady]

That will be the Roman Stoic philosopher aka Lucius Annaeus Seneca or seneca the younger.

[Centurion]

wow Cyn, you didnt seem like an ancient history lover . You are correct

 

It is your turn.

[cynical lady]

cent walalo beware of assumptions.So who said this?

 

" There are forces more powerful and pervasive than the apparatus of war. You may chain a man but you cannot chain his mind. You may enslave him but you will not conquer his spirit ."

[Centurion]

 

My turn,

 

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens"

remember Somalis, Google is Forbidden!

 

E: Hints you will get along the way

[Sir-Qalbi-Adeyg]

^ Dunno. But who said this. Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.”

[Centurion]

What is the .. protocol when you come upon a new thread?

 

I suggest you make it (reading the first post that is, in case you haven't pieced it together yet) a habit, barging into a thread is immensely rude.

[Sir-Qalbi-Adeyg]

^ Alright chief, I will leave your topic with this quote

 

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously"

[Ariadne]

^^that would be the great Oscar Wilde

 

This one is a more recent one ...

 

“I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison."

[LayZie G.]

^One of the black professors from Princeton or Harvard during the campaign 08, acting as a political pundit?

 

My turn:

 

"Foolish men, why do you want women to be good when you incite them to be bad?"

 

PS: I had a good one to share but I believe it will be easy for most of you to cheat by looking it up through google.

[Hayat]

can someone please give me some information about Captain Xalane. 1964? i have never heard anything about him!!.

[Ariadne]

Originally posted by LayZie G.:

^One of the black professors from Princeton or Harvard during the campaign 08, acting as a political pundit?

 

My turn:

 

"Foolish men, why do you want women to be good when you incite them to be bad?"

 

PS: I had a good one to share but I believe it will be easy for most of you to cheat by looking it up through google.

no, the one and only bell hooks...she taught at yale for a bit and i think she said it way before the 08 obamania

[winnie]

cynical, is it J.M. Forster?