"What can we take on trust in..." - Quote by Euripides
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
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More on Uncertainty
“He saw before him two roads, both equally straight ; but he saw two; and that terrified him — him, who had never in his life known but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.”
“In a world of infinite choice people are struggling to figure out what to do.”
“She'd preferred the uncertainty, if only because it allowed her to remember him the way he used to be. Sometimes, though, she wondered what he felt when he thought of that year they spent together, or if he ever marveled at what they'd shared, or even whether he thought of her at all.”
More on Life
“Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate; he will not lift his hand to save his life; he can never think more. He sinks into deep sleep and wakes with renewed youth, with hope, courage, fertile in resources, and keen for daring adventure.”
“All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.”
“I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.”