I have done many impious things--no great ruler can do otherwise. I have put the good of the Empire before all human considerations. To keep the Empire free from factions I have had to commit many crimes.

For words of rapture groping, they"Never such love," swore "ever before was!"

Fact is not truth, but a poet who wilfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

Myths are seldom simple, and never irresponsible.

The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early drop of dew Poised on a red rose petal. The dew-drop carries in its eye Mountain and forest, sea and sky, With every change of weather; Contrariwise, a diamond splits The prospect into idle bits That none can piece together.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.