“It was glorious to see—if your heart were iron,
And you could keep from grieving at all the pain.”
Stanley Lombardo (1943) Philosopher, Classicist
Book XIII, lines 355–356
Translations, Iliad (1997)
Twilight of the Illicit
The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)
“It was glorious to see—if your heart were iron,
And you could keep from grieving at all the pain.”
Stanley Lombardo (1943) Philosopher, Classicist
Book XIII, lines 355–356
Translations, Iliad (1997)
“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Variant: Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.
“One of the greatest gifts you can give is
your undivided attention.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Theognis of Megara (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC
Source: Elegies, Lines 425-428.