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Agathon Quotes

Even God cannot change the past.

Even God cannot change the past.

Agathon
Change, Time, Memories
In Aristotle 'Nicomachaean Ethics' bk. 6, sect. 2, 1139b

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

Agathon
Men, Law, Doe
"Dictionary of quotations (classical)". Book by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 515, Stobaeus, Florilegium, XL, VI, 24, 1897.

Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

Agathon
Past, Criminal Mind, Has Beens
"The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle". Book by Aristotle, transl. by R. W. Browne, Book VI, Chapter II, 1850.

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

Agathon
Heart, Understanding, Mind

This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon
Time, Power, Past

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Agathon
Men, Despair, Refuge

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Agathon
Art, Luck, Art Is

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