XXIII. 103–104 (tr. R. Lattimore); Achilles after seeing Patroclus' ghost.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Ὢ πόποι ἦ ῥά τίς ἐστι καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι ψυχὴ καὶ εἴδωλον, ἀτὰρ φρένες οὐκ ἔνι πάμπαν.
San Martino del Carso (27 August 1916). [A Major Selection of the Poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti, 1997, ISBN 9781550960341]
Original: (it) Di queste case
non è rimasto
che qualche
brandello di muro
Di tanti
che mi corrispondevano
non è rimasto
neppure tanto
Ma nel cuore
nessuna croce manca
È il mio cuore
il paese più straziato.
“Now fight me! For today thee House of Hades will be called the saviors of Olympus.”
“What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?”
"A Toccata of Galuppi's", line 42.
Men and Women (1855)
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Chapter V
“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
“Fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future… eternal beauty.”
“Oh! Yer! What a wonderful life! Fats Domino on the radio!”
Song lyrics, Prayers on Fire (1981), King Ink
“Malebranche would have it that not a soul is left; we humbly think that there still are hearts.”
Malebranche dirait qu’il n’y a plus une âme:
Nous pensons humblement qu’il reste encor des cœurs.
Prelude
Chantecler (1910)
