Far from gay cities and the way of men.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
There is satiety in all things in sleep and love-making in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance.
The hearts of great men can be changed.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
Man is the vainest of allcreatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heavenvouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks that he shall come tono harm hereafter, and even when the blessed go...
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
It is the bold man who every time does best at home or abroad.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Men grow tired of sleep love singing and dancing sooner than of war.
Lighthearted boys and girlswere harvesting the grapes in woven baskets, while on a resonant harp a boy among themplayed a tune of longing, singing lowwith delicate voice a summer dirge. The others,bre...
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time
Reproach is infinite, and knows no endSo voluble a weapon is the tongue;Wounded, we wound; and neither side can failFor every man has equal strength to rail.
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass throu...