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There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
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Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
Sinks smilingly forsworn.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
