“The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?” IfsVirtueGreaterFameEmbraceRewardsThirst Author:Juvenal
“The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.]” IfsVirtueGreaterFameMajorsEmbraceRewardsThirst Author:Juvenal
“In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the greatest of all sufferings, and when a fluid is drunk, it stimulates the discharge of urine.” NeedsKindBodySufferingPowerfulGreaterDrunkRemedyThirstFluidDiabetesDischarge Author:Aretaeus of Cappadocia
“A blind man. I can stare at him ashamed, shameless. Or does he know it? No, he is in a great solitude. O, strange joy, to gaze my fill at a stranger's face. No, my thirst is greater than before.” KnowsMenDoeI CanFacesJoyGreaterStrangeSolitudeBlindCuriosityStrangerStaringAshamedThirstBlindnessShamelessBlind Man Book:Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, William Carlos Williams Source: Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, William Carlos Williams
“Every new generation in its hour of dawn, filled with the dreams of youth, its thirsts, intoxications and enthusiasms, thinks itself called upon to impel humanity towards heights unmeasured, believes itself an appointed pathfinder, a thinker of thoughts, a doer of deeds greater than any of those which came before. Every new generation desires beauty, but a beauty all its own.” ThinkingBelieveDreamDesireHumanityHoursGreaterGenerationsYouthFilledDeedsEnthusiasmDawnHeightThinkerThirstNew GenerationDoersIntoxication Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski