An unjust trial differs from an unjust punishment only in name February 02, 2020 ancient brazen bull British Museum bronze bull Demades Eastern Orthodox Eustace knowledge philosopher philosophy quotation quote reliquary wisdom +
Perceiving the truth February 01, 2020 ancient Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece British Museum Demades Etruscan eyes Greek knowledge mastos cup philosopher philosophy Portland Art Museum quotation quote truth unjust speech wisdom +
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It is better to shun the cloud as it approaches than to be swept away in the rush of the flood September 21, 2019 ancient Demades flood Neptune Peter Paul Rubens quotation quote wisdom +
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Do not give more weight to false charges than to accepted facts July 17, 2019 Actium ancient Art Institute of Chicago battle Cleopatra Demades false charges Marc Antony quotation quote truth wisdom +
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Poverty is not a mark of weakness but sheer misfortune July 13, 2019 ancient Demades Getty Villa lamp bearer quotation quote slave wisdom youth +
It is not the giving of the bribe but the taking that is base January 18, 2019 ancient Demades Pergamon Museum Praetorian quotation quote Trajan wisdom +
Pleasant words, though false, are convincing January 17, 2019 ancient Demades Greek mask quotation quote Roman theater tragedy wisdom +