“Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.” StillsHeavenPayAuthorityWeightOffenseDemigods Book:Measure for Measure Source: Measure for Measure
“I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!” ThinkingYearsStillsDoneWeightHesitation Author:Giacomo Puccini
“In this life our sorrows are either not very long or not very great because nature either overcomes them by habits or puts an end to them by sinking under their weight. But in hell the torments cannot be overcome by habit, for while they are of terrible intensity they are at the same time of continual variety, each pain, so to speak, taking fire from another and re-endowing that which has enkindled it with a still fiercer flame.” LongStillsEndsPainSpeakHellFireHabitTerribleSorrowOvercomingWeightVarietyThis LifeFlamesIntensityTormentSinking Book:The Best of James Joyce Source: The Best of James Joyce