Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain.