In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

Beauty, midnight, vision dies: Let the winds of dawn that blow Softly round your dreaming head Such a day of welcome show Eye and knocking heart may bless, Find our mortal world enough; Noons of dryness find you fed By the involuntary powers, Nights of insult let you pass Watched by every human love.

The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.

The friends who met here and embraced are gone, Each to his own mistake.

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.