Be good and you will be lonesome

Be good and you will be lonesome

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui read more

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]

Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts

Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts

I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me

I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior,
quod servavi perdidi.

Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior,
quod servavi perdidi.

Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
That this is all remains of thee?

Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
That this is all remains of thee?

Beneath these green trees rising to the skies,
The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;
The time read more

Beneath these green trees rising to the skies,
The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;
The time shall come when these green trees shall fall,
And Isaac Greentree rise above them all.