“As a sunbeam quivers upon the walls of a house when flung up from water, which is just poured forth in a caldron or a pail may be; and hither and thither on the swift eddy does it dart and dance along.”
Source: Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book III. Jason and Medea, Lines 756–759 (tr. R. C. Seaton)
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Ἠελίου ὥς τίς τε δόμοις ἐνιπάλλεται αἴγλη ὕδατος ἐξανιοῦσα, τὸ δὴ νέον ἠὲ λέβητι ἠέ που ἐν γαυλῷ κέχυται· ἡ δ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ὠκείῃ στροφάλιγγι τινάσσεται ἀίσσουσα.
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Apollonius of Rhodes 34
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“They lower pails from heaven's walls to catch the milk-maids mirth.”
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The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>A precious place is Paradise and none may know its worth,
But Eden ever longeth for the knicknacks of the earth.The angels grow quite wistful over worldly things below;
They hear the hurdy-gurdies in the Candle Makers Row.They listen for the laughter from the antics of the earth;
They lower pails from heaven's walls to catch the milk-maids mirth.</p
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter VI, Sec. 2
“To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.”
Rien ne sert de courir; il faut partir à point.
Book VI (1668), fable 10.
Fables (1668–1679)
Nītiśataka 73; B. Hale Wortham translation
Śatakatraya
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