On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
- Topic: Life, Time
- Location: Bonneville Salt Flats
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.
We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
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