Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection
Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.
War is sweet to them that know it not.
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
Law , the king of all mortals and immortals.
All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from general laws to private judgment: he, therefore, who differs form others without apparent advantage, ought not to be angry if his arrogance is punished with ridicule; if those whose example he superciliously overlooks, point him out to derision, and hoot him back again into the common road.
People aren't good or bad. They just do good or bad things. Your only hope is to know which is which.
Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts?. . . Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity.
I've lost many, many friends through natural causes, through alcohol, through drugs, through AIDS. And every time I lose a friend or a loved one, it reminds me how great life is.