“Thus, while I am borne to loftiest heights, I behold Thee as Infinity”
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer
De visione Dei (On The Vision of God) (1453)
“From such honor and such a height of fortune am I, thus fallen to earth, cast down amongst mortals.”
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“I am not now in fortune's power:
He that is down can fall no lower.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
Canto III, line 877
Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
“For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger”
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy
Day of Affirmation Address (1966)
Context: For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger, my friends, is comfort, the temptation to follow the easy and familiar paths of personal ambition and financial success so grandly spread before those who have the privilege of an education. But that is not the road history has marked out for us. There is a Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history. And everyone here will ultimately be judged — will ultimately judge himself — on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort.
“I look down from my height on nations
And they become ashes before me.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) Scottish writer, poet, translator, and politician
"Carric", quoted in Thoreau, "Life Without Principle"
The Poems of Ossian
“He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.”
Is demum vir erit, cuius animum neque prosperae res flatu suo efferent nec adversae infringent
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XLV, sec. 8
History of Rome
“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Speech to his troops in Egypt (21 July 1798) Variant translation: "Soldiers, from the summit of yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you...". Published in the autobiography of French general Eugène de Beauharnais.
Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) austrian philosopher and inventor
Implosion Magazine, No. 51, p. 29 (Callum Coats: Water Wizard)
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John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
Source: Alexander’s Feast http://www.bartleby.com/40/265.html (1697), l. 77–83.