Search results for Western maritime culture, likely originated in Europe

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves

William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare

So often the cat goes to the lard that it leaves its paw print.

Popular culture

Bird of ill omen.

Popular culture

The more the cat goes to the lard, the more likely it is to lose a paw.

Popular culture

Vox populi, vox Dei.

Alcuin of York

Vita est militia.

St. Augustine of Hippo

Amor vincit omnia.

Virgil