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

Inscription: "The learned pate ducks to the golden fool."

Inscription: "When clouds appear, wise men put on their cloaks."

A photograph of a Greek inscription. This inscription is above the fireplace in the main reading room of Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania. Transcription: ΓΝΩΜΑΙ ΠΑΕΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣΙΝ Η ΣΘΕΝΟΣ ΧΕΡΩΝ (attributed to Sophocles; from…

Aphorism: "There is no time so miserable but a man may be true." Shakespeare, Timon, IV.iii.462

Interior window with aphorism, "There is small choice in rotten apples." Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew I.i.138

Arched interior window with Greek inscription. Fifth floor, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Kleinman Center offices).
Inscription: "ΚΑΙΡΟΝ ΓΝΩΘΙ" ("Know thy opportunity.")
Quote attributed to Pittacus in Nitzsche (1914), "University of Pennsylvania."