Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“An immortal soul is superior to a mortal body, so whoever is wise judges things done by the soul more to be esteemed and worthy of greater praise than any act of the body.”
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
Today, Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated—an event that has shaken leaders all over the world. Bhutto was a strong female leader, one who was not afraid to stand up for what she believed in, even when doing so was dangerous.
Like Bhutto, Elizabeth I lived with the constant threat of assassination, yet [...]
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“I gave them counsel to contain their passions and rather by humble petition than by violence or arms to seek ease of their aggrievances; nay (which is more) I disbursed great sums of money out of my own purse to stay them from revolt till a softer hand might reduce these discords to harmony.”
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“The King of Spain is daily making offers of peace and friendship, but I shall not listen to them, knowing his ambition; on the contrary, I have sent Drake to ravage his coasts and am considering sending the Earl of Leycester to Holland to show that I am not afraid of war.”
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“[I]f your subjects see your words so honeyed while your acts are envenomed, what can they think.”
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“Since God hath made kings, let them not unmake their authority and let brooks and small rivers acknowledge their springs and flow no further than their banks.”
Monday, November 19, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“Where minds differ and opinions swerve
there is scant a friend in that company.”
Monday, November 12, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“Of myself I must say this: I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait, fast-holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects’ good.”
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“[I]f superiors begin to do that which is unfitting, they will have another superior by whom they are ruled, who both ought and is willing to punish them.”
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“What king would shame to cherish/
A poet who, from demigods, makes us gods?”