
“Liberty … is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 58.
Letter to Miss Vanhomrigh (August 12, 1720)
“Liberty … is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 58.
“When they have but looked upon their images--
Would none had ever loved but you and I!”
The Ragged Wood http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1673/
In The Seven Woods (1904)
Context: p>O hurry where by water among the trees
The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,
When they have but looked upon their images--
Would none had ever loved but you and I!Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed
Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky,
When the sun looked out of his golden hood?--
O that none ever loved but you and I!O hurry to the ragged wood, for there
I will drive all those lovers out and cry—
O my share of the world, O yellow hair!
No one has ever loved but you and I.</p
Quoted in Alan Wood Bertrand Russell: The Passionate Skeptic: A Biography, Vol. 2 (1958), p. 233
1950s
“I've not given them (the poor people of Bihar) heaven, but I've given them a voice.”
[Stop this La-lu-nacy, please!, http://web.mid-day.com/columns/mayank_shekhar/2005/february/103222.htm, Mid Day, February 09, 2005, 2006-05-23]).
Original: Swarg nahin, swar diya hai.
“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
"I've Learned Some Things" (1977)
Variant translations:
There is one thing I learned from what I lived:
When you live, you must live big, like being one with the rivers, the sky, and the whole universe
Because what we call lifetime is a gift presented to life
And life is a gift presented to you.
Translated as "There Is One Thing I Learned From What I Lived" by Sãleyman Fatih Akgãl at TC Turkish Poetry Pages
I've Learned Some Things (2008)