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# Dio Cassius

Lucius Cassius Dio (c. 155 — 235) or Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy.

## Quotes

* Meanwhile the Jews in the region of Cyrene had put one Andreas at their head and were destroying both the Romans and the Greeks. They would cook their flesh, make belts for themselves of their entrails, anoint themselves with their blood, and wear their skins for clothing. Many they sawed in two, from the head downwards. Others they would give to wild beasts and force still others to fight as gladiators. In all, consequently, two hundred and twenty thousand perished. In Egypt, also, they performed many similar deeds, and in Cyprus under the leadership of Artemio. There, likewise, two hundred and forty thousand perished. For this reason no Jew may set foot in that land, but even if one of them is driven upon the island by force of the wind, he is put to death. Various persons took part in subduing these Jews, one being Lusius, who was sent by Trajan.
** Roman History
# Diocletian

Diocletian (/ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/; Latin: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus; born Diocles; 22 December 244 – 3 December 311), was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305.

## Quotes about Diocletian

* The reason generally assigned for this absence of early records is that Diocletian burned all writings of the Egyptians bearing upon alchemy, because, as he said, these taught the art of making gold and silver; and, by destroying them, he took away... the power of enriching themselves and rebelling against the Romans.
** The Genesis of Chemistry, 《A Short History of Chemistry》(1894).
* The reforms of Diocletian were a work of genius and made many people temporarily happy, but failed in the end and added greatly to human misery. I see no reason why this inferior modern copy of them should succeed.
** "Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War" (1937), edited by Nancy Cunard, reprinted in The Spanish Front: Writers on the Civil War (1986), edited by Valentine Cunningham
* In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies … march. … Our law shall fix a measure and a limit to this greed." The predictable result of Diocletian's food price controls were black markets, hunger and food confiscation by his soldiers. Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices -- that's not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.
** Walter E. Williams, Economics for the Citizen (1978).
# Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus (c. 90 BC – c. 30 BC) was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily.

## Quotes

* He (King Philip) wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so planned brilliant musical contests and lavish banquets for his friends and guests. Out of all Greece he summoned his personal guest-friends and ordered the members of his court to bring along as many as they could of their acquaintances from abroad.
** Histories 16.91.5-6
* Every seat in the theater was taken when Philip appeared wearing a white cloak and by his express orders his bodyguard held away from him and followed only at a distance, since he wanted to show publicly that he was protected by the goodwill of all the Greeks, and had no need of a guard of spearmen.
** Histories 16.93.1
* Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia) ...He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes (Greeks), while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.
** Histories 16.95.1-2
* After this Alexander left Dareius's mother, his daughters, and his son in Susa, providing them with persons to teach them the Greek language, and marching on with his army on the fourth day reached the Tigris River.
** Histories 17.67.1
* Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns. … The hooves of the horses had been worn thin by steady marching. The arms and armour were wearing out, and the Greek clothing was quite gone. They had to clothe themselves in materials of the barbarians,...
** Histories 17.94.1-2
# Diogo Morgado

Diogo Miguel Morgado Soares (17 January 1981–) is a Portuguese actor.

## Quotes

* I’m not the conscious type. I’m not self-aware. I don’t take myself too seriously. I’m just here to try to enjoy because we don’t control anything really.
** INTERVIEW: The Bible and Son of God's Diogo Morgado Gives The Devil His Due in The Messengers (April 17, 2015)
# Diogenes

Diogenes can indicate:
    Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BC), philosopher, also known as Diogenes the Cynic
    Diogenes Laërtius (between 200-500 CE), historian, biographer of the Greek philosophers
This disambiguation page, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name, lists articles associated with the name Diogenes. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
# Bill Gurley

John William Gurley (born May 10, 1966) is an American businessman. He is a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California. He is listed consistently on the Forbes Midas List and is considered one of technology’s top dealmakers.

## Quotes

"One of the most common mistakes entrepreneurs make is they come up with some technological breakthrough, but they don't spend any time analyzing the industry structure or whether the go-to-market is going to be possible or not." Interview with Tim Ferris on January 25, 2023.
# Bill James

George William “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949, in Hotlon, Kansas) is an American baseball writer, historian and statistician whose work has been widely influential. James began writing baseball articles after leaving the United States Army in his mid-twenties. James self-published an annual book titled The Bill James Baseball Abstract beginning in 1977. His approach, which he termed sabermetrics in reference to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), scientifically analyzes and studies baseball, often through the use of statistical data, in an attempt to determine why teams win and lose.

## Quotes

* I didn't care about the statistics in anything else. I didn't, and don't pay any attention to the statistics of the stock market, the weather, the crime rate, the gross national product, the circulation of magazines, the ebb and flow of literacy among football fans and how many people are going to starve to death before the year 2050 if I don't start adopting them for $3.69 a month; just baseball. Now why is that? It is because baseball statistics, unlike the statistics in any other area, have acquired the powers of language.
** 1985 Baseball Abstract
* Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.
** Quoted in Gray, Scott (2006). The Mind of Bill James: How a Complete Outsider Changed Baseball. New York: Doubleday. pp. 191. ISBN 0-385-51464-6.
* There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.
** The Mind of Bill James, 2006, p. 191
# Bill Laimbeer

William J. Laimbeer, Jr. (born May 19, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

## Quotes

* I'm still glad that we didn't shake their hands. They were whiners and criers. Piss on them.
** Comment made in 2007 about why the Pistons didn't shake hands after the final game of Bulls-Piston 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoff series.
** 2007'S Top Piston Stories: Drew Sharo: The best of Pistons-Bulls rivalry Detroit Free Press, December 25, 2007
# Bill Jones

Bill Jones (1927 - 1928), is a fictional character to whom motivational quotes were attributed in a series of motivational posters and trading cards aimed at office workers. He was created by Parker Holladay, a printing firm located in Great Britain and Chicago.

## Quotes

* An old man will visit you someday and that man will be you! Greet him with a surplus by putting in your best licks now.
* Disorder and Neglect are the bosom friends of waste! Let's show them the door!
* It can't be done means nothing to the fellow who tries.
* It's all new to the newcomer.Baiting beginners isn't helping them.
* Excuses are poor substitutes for results. Apologists are strong on promises but weak on performance.
* Working together gets it done quicker and better.
* Why envy? Learn successful methods and apply them.
* Thought is essential to business development. The thinker wins.

## Quotes about person/work

* Business owners hoped that these posters and cards would help boost productivity and morale and inculcate uneducated and immigrant workers with the virile values needed to thrive in the world of business.
* These cards and posters were printed as multicolored lithographs to produce easily readable images accompanied by tagline messages promoting such admirable qualities as teamwork, punctuality, loyalty, and safety. But what strikes me most is the concept of character education and the mottos that encourage better behavior are one of the legacies of the Arts & Crafts movement.

## External links

* Daily Mail article on a set of 22 Bill Jones posters up for auction in January of 1922
* ↑ https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/vintage-business-motivational-posters-from-the-1920s-1930s/
* ↑ https://rockwellcenter.org/essays-illustration/motivating-workers/
# Artur Balder

Artur Balder (born 14 August 1974) is an American filmmaker and writer, most famous for his Saga of Teutoburg about the Germanic hero Arminius the Cheruscan. The "Saga of Teutoburg" was distinguished as a sacred text of Ásatrú religion by the Odinist Community of Spain in 2014.

## Quotes

* I am the unknown Will, The Anger that threatens glory and ruin: Lord of Storms am I, in heaven high and caverns deep. I am the Father of the War, Odin for you, Wotan for him, Wayfarer, Wanderer, beggar, king, numen, genius, strength and ring.
** Invocation of the Nordic god Odin, from "Invocations and Oracles", Germanic Appendices, Volume V of the Teutoburg Saga, as quoted in advance posting (30 September 2014)
* Little Spain is a symbol of the first attempt of a successful Hispanic immigration process to the United States … Almost no one knows that there was a "Little Spain" in Manhattan, just like there's a "Little Italy." That's what's fascinating.
** As quoted in "Artur Balder details Hispanic immigration documentary Little Spain" by Annie Martin at UPI (25 November 2014)

## Quotes about Balder

* With Little Spain, director Artur Balder takes good advantage of focusing on a wave of immigration that went on until the 1970s. Through archival footage and direct interviews with immigrants and their children, Balder successfully illustrates the moods, flavors and excitement of recreating a far-away home in a small radius of Manhattan city blocks. … Little Spain — the film — records a multi-dimensional perspective of integration among immigrants from different backgrounds as a key part of integration into a host country.
** Rafael Bernal, in "Little Spain a valuable addition to New York's immigration history" at UPI (15 January 2015)

## External links

* Official website
* Twitter account
* Artur Balder on IMDb
* Official website for the Saga of Teutoburg
* Widukind Saga official site
* Saga of Teutoburg distinguished as sacred text of Ásatrú (Spanish language site)
* YouTube videos
# Arulselvam Rayappan

Arulselvam Rayappan (born 18 November 1960) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Salem.

## Quotes

* Our actions whether good or evil have an ultimate significance and have effects of infinite range and scope. We stand under incalculable responsibility. We must be faithful in little things because there are no little things; we must be faithful in God’s absence because God is never absent.
** Responsible Servants (7 March 2005)
# Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a pianist and composer, born in Lipnik in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lipniki in Poland). He moved to Britain and then America, becoming a US citizen in 1944.

## Quotes

* Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.
** Saturday Review of Literature September 29, 1951.
** Explaining why he never played encores.
* The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.
** Quoted in the Chicago Daily News, June 11, 1958.

### My Life and Music (1961)

* I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wrongly) that unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesn't interest me too much.
** p. 121
** Often misquoted as "Great music is better than it can be performed".
* Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.
** p. 122
* I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing.
** p. 202

## Quotes about Schnabel

* There are two things about Schnabel. I think he was certainly one of the most important influences of the twentieth century, pretty much on all music. But what was most striking was the level of inspiration every time his fingers touched the keyboard. It was a highly moving, almost kind of life-transformative experience. And one of the reasons was there was little caprice in his approach to music. ‘Because I feel it that way’ was never a sufficient reason to do something; that is arbitrary and it had no place in his lessons either. Everything that he did, he could point to the text, and the text - an urtext, an original text - was terribly important to him. His edition of the Beethoven sonatas is so instructive because his ideas and suggestions are in a different print than what Beethoven wrote; you can always distinguish between Beethoven and Schnabel. But that kind of dedication, that kind of musical integrity to the desires and instructions from the composer, gave it an authenticity that was irresistible, and that was combined with his level of inspiration. Very quickly, it became impossible to distinguish between Mozart and Schnabel, Beethoven and Schnabel, or Schubert and Schnabel; he became the musical personification of the composer, which is why it was so irresistible what he did.
** Leon Fleisher, Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher by Elijah Ho (September 19, 2014)
* Schnabel himself was an extraordinary composer, and actually thought of himself more as a composer than as a pianist. He wrote absolutely rhapsodic music, and endless pieces. All of his pieces, I think, are 45 minutes long! (laughs) Nothing of the little tidbit variety for him…
** Leon Fleisher, Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher by Elijah Ho (September 19, 2014)
# Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist.

## Quotes about Michelangeli

* I think Michelangeli in some repertory is absolutely incredible, especially Debussy.
** Leif Ove Andsnes, in At the piano : interviews with 21st-century pianists (2012) by Caroline Benser
* Interesting pianist, but I think he is just a little bit meshuga.
** Vladimir Horowitz, quoted in Harold C. Schonberg, Horowitz: His Life and Music (1992)
* He's a real perfectionist. But I think that this fanaticism and and the extreme instrumental standards he set for himself prevent his imagination from taking flight and stop him expressing any real love for the work he's performing so impeccably. It's 'inspiration' that's missing. Is this a notion that's been banished from today's dictionaries? It would be a great shame if this were so. But – one doesn't judge a master.
** Sviatoslav Richter, in Bruno Monsaingeon, Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations (2002), p. 257
* If there is an Italian school, it is represented by the puzzling and redoubtable figure of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, the most important Italian pianist after Busoni (if Busoni be considered Italian). Purely as a playing machine, Michelangeli is a legend to his colleagues, who put him in the Horowitz class as a super-virtuoso. Some of his playing is startling in its sheer pianistic polish and perfection. His fingers can no more hit a wrong note or smudge a passage than a bullet can be veered off course once it has been fired. In addition he is a complete master of tonal application, as evidenced in his performance of Gaspard de la nuit. By any standards this is one of the triumphs of modern pianism. The puzzling part about Michelangeli is that in many pieces of the romantic repertoire he seems unsure of himself emotionally, and his otherwise direct playing is then laden with expressive devices that disturb the musical flow.
** Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists 2nd ed. (1987)
* ["How was he when the concerts were over?"] Sometimes he resembled children in having fun with few things. He was essential in this too. But his greatest passion, outside of music, were racing cars. He drove a Ferrari. One day he took me from Moncalieri, where he taught courses, to Turin in his car. He darted through the streets. I was terrified. And he didn't say anything; he was like a statue, dead serious. He looked like Buster Keaton. When we stopped in front of the station, he turned his bird-like head and opened his mouth: "Don't tell me I have scared you"
** (Salvatore Accardo) article in La Repubblica (05-01-2014)
# Arturo Lona Reyes

Arturo Lona Reyes (1 November 1925 – 31 October 2020) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Tehuantepec.

## Quotes

* Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead. Governments act only when there are deaths and blood.
** "Mexico is a cemetery, and the government only goes to light a candle to the dead", says Mgr. Lona Reyes (29 January 2016) Fides News Agency
# Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante

Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (17 July 1961 –) is a Uruguayan prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Salto and as the president of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay.

## Quotes

* Speaking of pastoral reconfiguration means putting Christ at the center of our lives and our activities. The purpose of pastoral reconfiguration is to put who we are and what we have at the service of the mission.
** The Bishop of San José de Mayo: "a pastoral reconfiguration to put everything we are and we have at the service of the mission"(11 March 2019) Fides News Agency
* In the midst of the storms, doubts and anxieties of the present, we want to affirm our roots, to make a grateful memory, we are the people of memory.
** After the interruption due to the pandemic, thousands of pilgrims return to the Shrine of the "Our Lady of the Thirty-Three" (16 November 2021) Fides News Agency
# Arturo Gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was a former Canadian professional boxer. Gatti was born in Italy. Gatti was considered by many boxing experts and fans alike to be one of the most exciting boxers of the modern day. He participated in Ring Magazine's "fight of the year" a total of four times (1997, 1998, 2002, & 2003).

## Quotes

* Hasta la vista, baby. I can't take this abuse anymore. I'm coming back - as a spectator. I'm retired.
** anouncing his retirement to the world after been defeated by Alfonso Gomez.
* I have the heart and what its got to be champion and I did it, I proved it tonight again.
** being interviewed after a dramatic comeback KO against Wilson Rodriguez.
# Arturo Sosa

Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal SJ (born 1948) is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who serves as the 31st and present superior general of the Society of Jesus. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016, succeeding Adolfo Nicolás. He is the first person born in Latin America to lead the Jesuits.

## Quotes

* Journalist: Does the devil exist? Arturo Sosa: In several ways. You have to understand the cultural elements to refer to this character. In the language of Saint Ignatius it is the evil spirit that leads you to do things that go against the spirit of God. It exists as evil personified in different structures but not in people, because it is not a person, it is a way of carrying out evil. He is not a person like a human person is. It is a way of evil being present in human life. Good and evil are in constant struggle in human consciousness, and we have ways of indicating them. We recognize God as good, entirely good. Symbols are part of reality, and the devil exists as a symbolic reality, not as a personal reality.
** «Il diavolo esiste?» In diversi modi. Bisogna capire gli elementi culturali per riferirsi a questo personaggio. Nel linguaggio di sant'Ignazio è lo spirito cattivo che ti porta a fare le cose che vanno contro lo spirito di Dio. Esiste come il male personificato in diverse strutture ma non nelle persone, perché non è una persona, è una maniera di attuare il male. Non è una persona come lo è una persona umana. È una maniera del male di essere presente nella vita umana. Il bene e il male sono in lotta permanente nella coscienza umana, e abbiamo dei modi per indicarli. Riconosciamo Dio come buono, interamente buono. I simboli sono parte della realtà, e il diavolo esiste come realtà simbolica, non come realtà personale.
*** Rodolfo Casadei, Meeting. «Il diavolo esiste solo come realtà simbolica», tempi.it, 21 August 2019.

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Champenois proverbs

Champenois is a dialect spoken in north-central France, in Île-de-France, Champagne and a handful of towns in southern Belgium.

## A

* Aipré lai pludge lou cha vin.
** English equivalent: After rain comes fair weather.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "251, Regen" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. II. p. 140.

## M

* Mal chief fait les membres doloir.
** English equivalent: When the head is sick, the whole body is sick.
** von Düringsfield, Ida; von Düringsfield, Otto (1875). "692, Haupt" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. I. p. 360.

## N

* Nul ne se doit fier en apparence.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "300, Schein" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen. II. p. 168.

## U

* Un cornars à teste fole Peut bien dire une bonne parole.
** English equivalent: A fool may give wise man counsel.
** von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "151, Narren" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von I. von Düringsfeld und O. Freiherrn von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld. p. 85.

## See Also

* French proverbs