History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

People give up the earth for beauty.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.