Inspirational Quotes by Edward Taylor

“Though far away, I will chase you with murky brands and, when chill death has severed soul and body, everywhere my shade shall haunt you.”

“I dragged on my ruined life in darkness and grief, wrathful in my heart...”

“But the Danaan princes and Agamemnon’s battalions, soon as they saw the man and his arms flashing amid the glom, trembled with mighty fear; some turn to flee, as of old they sought the ships; some raise a shout – faintly; the cry essayed mocks their gaping mouths.”

“Ponto nox incubat atra.”

“Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious.”

“To each man shall his own free actions bring both his suffering and his good fortune. Jupiter is impartially king over all alike. The Fates will find the way.”

“Woe! We are shipwrecked by fate, we are driven before the storm! (Latinus)”

“Mirabile dictu!”

“The sky and the lands, the watery plains, the moon's gleaming face, the Titanic Sun and the stars are all strengthened by Spirit working within them, and by Mind, which is blended into all the vast universe and pervades every part of it, enlivening the whole mass.”

“The good little sister cut off her own tiny finger, fitted it into the keyhole, and succeeded in opening the lock.”

“THE WHITE SNAKE”

“Gods whose dominion is over the Souls, Shades without sound, Void, and you, Burning River, and you, broad Spaces voiceless beneath the Night, may I remain sinless in telling what has been told to me, and, by your divine assent, reveal truth sunk in depths of earth and gloom.”

“Yo temo al Griego, aunque presente dones.”

“These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king”

“Do not shoot me, for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird.”

“They were in truth great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost;”

“Ah," cried she in her alarm, "I am betrayed! I am carried away and have fallen into the power of a merchant—I would die rather!" The King, however, seized her hand, and said, "I am not a merchant. I am a king, and of no meaner origin than thou art, and if I have carried thee away with subtlety, that has come to pass because of my exceeding great love for thee. The first time that I looked on thy portrait, I fell fainting to the ground." When the princess of the Golden Dwelling heard that, she was comforted, and her heart was inclined unto him, so that she willingly consented to be his wife.”

“room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.' Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the young man sat himself down, and away”

“The frog answered, "I do not care for thy clothes, thy pearls and jewels, or thy golden crown, but if thou wilt love me and let me be thy companion and play-fellow, and sit by thee at thy little table, and eat off thy little golden plate, and drink out of thy little cup, and sleep in thy little bed—if thou wilt promise me this I will go down below, and bring thee thy golden ball up again.”

“Nothing was hidden from him, and it seemed as if news of the most secret things was brought to him”