Main Reading Room Windows

"Good reasons must of force give place to better."

--William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar," act IV scene iii

Location: Main reading room, south wall, 4th floor (above the circulation desk)

"Strong reasons make strong actions."

--William Shakespeare, "The Life and Death of King John," act III scene iv

Location: Main reading room, south wall, 4th floor (above the circulation desk)

"Small things make base men proud."

--William Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part 2," act IV scene i

Location: Main reading room, south wall, 4th floor (above the circulation desk)

"Men should be what they seem."

--William Shakespeare, "Othello," act III scene i

Location: Main reading room, south wall, fourth floor (above the circulation desk)

"It is an heretic that makes the fire, not she which burns in it."

--William Shakespeare, "A Winter's Tale," act II scene iii

Location: main reading room, west wall, 3rd floor (above the fireplace and clock)

"The learned pate ducks to the golden fool."

--William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens," act IV scene iii

Location: Main reading room, north wall above "The Bridge"

"When clouds appear wise men put on their cloaks."

--William Shakespeare, "Richard III," act II scene iii

Location: main reading room, south wall, 3rd floor (above the circulation desk)

"No might nor greatness in mortality can censure 'scape."

--William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure," act III scene ii

Location: Main reading room, south wall, 3rd floor (above the circulation desk)

"ΟΙ ΠΛΕΙΟΥΣ ΚΑΚΟΙ"

--Sophocles

Location: Fifth floor, Kleinman Center offices. Also visible from the main reading room.

"ΚΑΙΡΟΝ ΓΝΩΘΙ"

("Know thy opportunity.")

--Pittacus

Location: Fifth floor, Kleinman Center offices. Also visible from the main reading room.