Bohemothe

“Lord, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with laughters low.”
― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

“Put off this sloth,' the master said, 'for shame!
Sitting on feather-pillows, lying reclined
Beneath the blanket is no way to fame -

Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind,
Leaving on earth no more memorial
Than foam in water or smoke upon the wind”
― Dante Alighieri

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
― Gustav Flaubert

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
― Socrates