💬 Quotes

"Clodius, a most learned man, swore he had seen Drusus taken up to heaven; he wanted to have a witness for what he hadn't seen, just as everybody has for what they have."

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there—or in Claudius's case, any road will lead you straight to the underworld."

"I thought I had been made a god, but see how my legs betray me; a god does not limp, nor does he stutter when he speaks."

"What business has a Roman emperor in the underworld? He ruled the world for sixty-four years, and now he doesn't even know which way to turn."

"He who had condemned so many without a hearing now finds himself judged without a single advocate to speak in his defense."

"Let him be a mere legal clerk, let him have no power to harm anyone, let him constantly flip through his papers for eternity."

"If you genuinely want to get rich, and I mean really want it, then you must accept that the journey begins with an obsession."

"Ownership is the master key to financial independence. If you do not own a significant piece of the thing that is creating the value, you are merely an employee."

"Fear of failure is the absolute biggest impediment to getting rich. If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will never take the necessary risks."

"Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. Everyone has a brilliant business idea in the pub; very few have the stomach to execute it."

"Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and give them the autonomy to do their jobs. Micromanagement is the hallmark of a mediocre entrepreneur."

"Wealth brings choices, but it does not automatically bring happiness. Anyone who tells you money solves every problem is either a fool or a liar."

"La destructividad no es una característica innata e inevitable del ser humano, sino una potencialidad que se actualiza bajo determinadas condiciones sociales y psicológicas."

"El hombre es el único animal para el que su propia existencia es un problema que debe resolver y del que no puede escapar."

"La agresión benigna es una reacción defensiva, impulsada filogenéticamente, ante una amenaza a los intereses vitales; la agresión maligna, en cambio, es específica del hombre y no es defensiva."

"El amor a la vida —la biofilia— es la pasión por la plena realización de la vida humana y sus potencialidades, mientras que la necrofilia es la atracción apasionada por todo lo que está muerto, decayendo, putrefacto o puramente mecánico."

"La destructividad es la alternativa a la creatividad. Cuando no se puede crear vida, se puede destruirla; la destrucción es también una forma de trascendencia perversa."

"Cuanto más se esteriliza la vida emocional del hombre moderno y más se le convierte en un apéndice de la máquina, más crece su deseo inconsciente de destrucción."

"Der Sinn der Instinkte besteht darin, einen früheren Zustand wiederherzustellen, den das belebte Wesen unter dem Einfluß äußerer störender Kräfte aufgeben mußte."

"Das Ziel alles Lebens ist der Tod."