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Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite. Nikos Kazantzakis
Woman Face Rises Mysterious Sacred Austere Behind Each
The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation... God does not love weak souls and flabby flesh. The spirit desires to wrestle with flesh which is strong and full of resistance. It is a carnivorous bird which is incessantly hungry; it eats flesh and, by assimilating it, makes it disappear. Nikos Kazantzakis
Love God Man Struggle Together Strong Bird Longing Everyone Weak Hungry Out Reconciliation Spirit Eats Wrestle Disappear Between Makes Does Souls Flabby Which Breaks Flesh Full Incessantly Assimilating Resistance Desires
I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe! Nikos Kazantzakis
Me Knowledge Man Victory Goodness Heroic Despairing Virtue Something More Point Attain Sacred Highest Greater Within Felt Deep Even Awe
My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry. Nikos Kazantzakis
Work Soul All My Work Entire Cry Commentary
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Plato
Change Direction Excess Generally Individuals Reaction Causes Opposite Opposite Direction Governments Whether Produces Seasons
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance. Plato
Life Health Attention Hindrance Greatest
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. Plato
Justice Business Men Own Meddling Other Minding Concerns Means
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. Plato
Life Education Future Man Will Starts Determine Direction His Which
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato
Knowledge Mind Compulsion Hold Which Acquired
It is right to give every man his due. Plato
Man Legal Every Give Due His Right Every Man
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. Pythagoras
Great Silence Words Better Word Great Deal Value Few Say Silent More Throw Hazard Sooner Wither Deal Idle Than Little Useless Many Things Pearl
Beans have a soul. Pythagoras
Soul Beans
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected. Sophocles
You Will Find Look Go
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. Sophocles
All Things Bear Still Up Child Heaven Mighty Who Zeus Things
A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles
Man Age Old Becomes Child Again Growing Growing Old
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. Sophocles
Witness Powerful Terrible Within Accuser Dwells Which Us Conscience
Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is. Sophocles
Words Pain Those Hush Check Make Still Cure Than Heavier Your Ill
No lie ever reaches old age. Sophocles
Age Lie Old Old Age Ever
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. Sophocles
Time Hide Nothing Sees Hears Which
Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. Thales
Hope Good Men Nothing Else Possess Those Only Still Common Who
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. Thucydides
Calm Few Brought Impetuous Most Issue Forethought Prudent Few Things Successful Things Desire
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Thucydides
Brilliant Too Much Men Too Charge Misfortune Frequently Affairs Very Expect Ordinary Ordinary Men Much
A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. Xenophon
Will Long Looking Beauty Horse Splendor He Him Himself None His Tire Thing
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. Aeschylus
Good Wise Better Pride Will Believe Counsel Well Nor Than Search Ever
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. Aeschylus
Advice Easy Easy Thing Give Outside Foot Calamity Whose Rebuke Thing
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. Aeschylus
Beside Like Just Boast Bold Hen
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