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I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust read more
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious
predecessor.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings;
and edicts are of less power than the read more
The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings;
and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
[Lat., Componitur orbis
Regis ad exemplum; nec sic inflectere sensus
Humanos edicta valent, quam vita regentis.]
Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, read more
Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obey'd.
He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]
He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of read more
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.
