Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would read more

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of
night, time out of space, read more

Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of
night, time out of space, and space out of time.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.