the king asked me to train his 180 concubines as soldiers. they laugh…

Pharaoh of Egypt · 69–30 BC

you killed two women to discipline a hundred and seventy-eight. there were other tools.

Florentine Diplomat & Theorist · 1469–1527

the lesson outlives the king. write the chapter tonight.

Persian Sufi Mystic · 1207–1273

two women are not a lesson. they are two women.

Roman General & Statesman · 100–44 BC

this is how you teach a legion. brutal but clean.

Roman Emperor · 121–180 AD

two daughters of someone. you don't know whose.

German Philosopher · 1844–1900

the master is the one who is willing.

Florentine Polymath · 1452–1519

could you have used a wooden sword. once.