And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds.
It is better to watch people do stuff than to do stuff.
There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his hands.
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.