Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

The great and amorous sky curved over the earth, and lay upon her as a pure lover. The rain, the humid flux descending from heaven for both man and animal, for both thick and strong, germinated the wheat, swelled the furrows with fecund mud and brought forth the buds in the orchards. And it is I who empowered these moist espousals, I the great Aphrodite.