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Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, read more
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.
The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your
lordship.
The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your
lordship.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. -Kahlil Gibran.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. -Kahlil Gibran.
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King read more
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred
blessings on me.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to read more
Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give. -Damien Hess.
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat read more
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
