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We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
