“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you can do with that there is”
― The Old Man and the Sea
Think of what you can do with that there is”
― The Old Man and the Sea
“...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
“we know little of the things for which we pray”
― Canterbury Tales
― Canterbury Tales
“…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
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