#be

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beneath #despot #excellence #given #god

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. ↗

— Aeschylus

#better #counsel #ever #good #nor

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#bell #chuck #current #five #good

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. ↗

— David R. Brower

#cold #grows #hands #hold #how

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#emotions #language #lie #metaphorically #moods

Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#false #impossible #knows #make #port

I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?' ↗

— Malin Akerman

#am #because #concept #different #else

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. ↗

— Aesop

#be happy #discontented #happy #place #seldom

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. ↗

— Aesop

#before #common #easier #entrance #exit

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#before #comes #i #models #never