Month: June 2018
The Suffering of Perseus and Medusa
Standard“Πάντως, μη βάζεις δόλωμα τη δυσθυμία για να πιάσεις το φτηνόψαρο που λέγεται υπόληψη του κόσμου.”~Ουίλιαμ Σαίξπηρ “Nevertheless, do not bait the dysthymia to catch the cheap fish called reputation of the world.” ~ William Shakespeare
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Notably from the book “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare
-You give the world more value than it should: the world loses it by whoever overestimates it.
-Oh, Antonio, I know all those who are well- known for their wisdom: they do not go out while I’m sure that whoever listened to them, stupid would call them …
-You do not bite the dysthymia to catch the cheap fish that is called reputation of the world.
– … the complaint ages more easily, it adequately longs longer.
-The mind can make laws for the flesh , but when the blood is boiling, it easily overcomes the cold motions: such a hare is the madness of youth, jumping over the rocks of the good-looking jackass.
-With as with his shadow he would swing. If I married him, it would be like getting twenty men. And if he despises me, I will forgive him, for if he loves me like a madman, I will not repay him.
– How their own relentless actions make them suspect the ends of others!
– You have “the grace of God” and “the mercy of God”.
– … because two friends who make friends, spend their day together, and their souls equate love , should have an analogy of character, appearance, way and spirit.
– … to live an excellent life now, for such a woman is a blessing : she has found the heavenly joy here on earth, and if she does not enjoy it here on earth, it will be right to heaven to enjoy it!
– Mercy is not imposed, it drops like the sweet rain from heaven to earth and is double blessed: it benefits both the one who gives it and the one who accepts it. Mercy is the power of bravery …
-Maybe I offer light and not be in the lights: why the woman who seeks the lights makes her husband’s soul dark.
Jelängerjelieber — Italian woodbine
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NOBILITY
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NOBILITY
If you read my original post about The Twelve Virtues of the Merchant Priests, as suggested in the book, Sacred Commerce, my goal is to reflect upon and write about these 12 virtues — honor, loyalty, nobility, virtue, grace, trust, courage, courtesy, gallantry, authority, service, and humility — one a month for an entire year until I get through the list of twelve. (I’m a couple months behind schedule, but what is linear time? Really only a human construct, developed to encourage uniformity of thinking, meaning, I’m only late in some circles while it’s possible that in others I’m operating ahead of schedule.) The 12 virtues of the merchant priest “automatically lift us to a higher octave of being,” and boy could we use some of that these days. This month’s virtue is Nobility.
Nobility sits on a throne of good intentions, but it’s a…
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