“Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, "Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?" Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?” ThinkingSaidBehindsPoetKingsArmyDeedsExploitsStirringBoilingPeepingAgamemnon Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“The look of a king is itself a deed.” LooksPowerKingsDeeds Book:Levana: or, The doctrine of education Source: Levana: or, The doctrine of education
“These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters shall be seen, Changed by the sun to words of living green; This is the scholar whose immortal penSpells the first lesson hunger taught to men; These are the lines that heaven-commanded Toil Shows on his deed, - the charter of the soil!” MenLifeFirstsShowsHandsHeavenLinesSunChangedTaughtKingsLessonsPagesGardenLaborLettersGreenHungerDeedsGoldenSoilImmortalScholarToilPeasantsCharterSturdy Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“The late King's great service for the Muslim world and his noble deeds of charity and assistance for the poor of humanity will be long remembered with reverence.” WorldLongHumanityPoorKingsLateCharityDeedsNobleRememberedReverenceAssistanceMuslim WorldGreat ServiceNoble Deeds Author:Khaleda Zia