Do not peer too far.

Pindar · Olympian Odes, I

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

Pindar · Nemean Odes, VI

The issue is in God’s hands.

Pindar · Olympian Odes, XIII

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Pindar · Pythian Odes, no. III

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When we're hungry, everything tastes good, hunger is the best spice.

Jonathan Gold · The source reads: “When we're hungry, everything tastes good, hunger is the best spice. When you're in an area that has few resources, you work incredibly hard to have something. And then you make the something taste good.” · Interview with Patrick McDonald (March 23, 2016)

The worse things get, the more we stand together.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 30 November 1950

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we arouse.

François de La Rochefoucauld · Maxim 259.

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“Do not peer too far.”

“One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.”

“The issue is in God’s hands.”

“Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.”

“When we're hungry, everything tastes good, hunger is the best spice.”

“The worse things get, the more we stand together.”

“The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we arouse.”