Great Throughts Treasury

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Euripedes NULL

That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.

Men |

Euripedes NULL

No one who goes against her can win.

People |

Euripedes NULL

Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.

Waiting | Will |

Eugenio Montale

I love athletics because it is poetry If the night dream, dream to be a marathon runner.

Art | People | Truth | Art |

Euripedes NULL

It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.

Heart | Men | Mind | Wise | Think |

Euripedes NULL

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Deeds | Friend | Nothing | Time | Deeds |

Euripedes NULL

Very good to be rich, very good to be strong, but even better to be loved ones a lot of friends.

Eternal | Men | Race |

Euripedes NULL

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

Men |

Eugenio Montale

The inspiration often seems like a tarantula bite him, shake him from sleep atavistic and in those moments it is impossible to write better than him, with far more cunning, with the most perfect taste.

Art | Consciousness | Instinct | Music | Practice | Style | Time | Art | Poem |

Euripedes NULL

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Force | Men | Mistake | Rule |

Euripedes NULL

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Men |

Euripedes NULL

The conflict of patience is such, that the vanquished is better than the vanquisher.

Better | Men | Wealth |

Euripedes NULL

When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.

Good | Men |

Eugenio Maria de Hostos (y Bonilla)

If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you. When you cannot be just because of your nature, be so through your pride.

Feelings | Freedom | Future | Intelligence | Love | Men | Order | Problems | Will |

Eugenio Montale

At the inner circle of the disciples and friends of the Cross - composed mostly of men representing the official culture (school, universities, academies) I never belonged. But instead, I breathed the air of other environments where the teaching of the Cross had penetrated inland perhaps indirect.

Man | Waiting | Will | World |