And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
There may come a day
Which crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth,
And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!
Attain the unattainable.
| author = Tennyson
| work = Timbuctoo.
| seealso = (See also Guest)
| topic = Success
| page = 762
}}
{{Hoyt quote
| num = 3
| text = <poem>You might have painted that picture,
I might have written that song;
Not ours, but another's the triumph,
Tis done and well done—so 'long!
Edith M. Thomas—Rank-and-FUe.
Not to the swift, the race:
Not to the strong, the fight:
Not to the righteous, perfect grace:
Not to the wise, the light.
Henry Van Dyke—Reliance.
(He) set his heart upon the goal,
Not on the prize.
William Watson—Tribute to Matthew Arnold.
Spectator. Aug. 30, 1890.
Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees,
And looks to that alone;
Laughs at impossibilities,
And cries it shall be done.
Charles Wesley—Hymns.
| seealso = (See also Guest)
| topic = Success
| page = 762
}}
{{Hoyt quote
| num = 7
| text = <poem>Others may sing the song,
Others may right the wrong.
Whittles—My Triumph.
SUFFERING
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts. DC. 5. Same idea in .iEschylus—
Agamemnon. L. 1635.
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And Life is perfected by Death.
E. B. Browning—A Vision of Poets. Conclusion.
To each his suff 'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.
Gray—On a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
St. 10.
Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer
Grey?
And why does thy nose look so blue?
Thomas Holcroft—Gaffer Grey.
And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
Homer—Odyssey. Bk. XV. L. 434. Pope's
•trans.
I have trodden the wine-press alone.
Isaiah. LXIII. 3.
Graviora qua? patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.
Present sufferings seem far greater to men
than those they merely dread.
Livy—Annates. III. 39.
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with us on earth no more!
| author = Longfellow
| work = Footsteps of Angels. St. 5.
Perfer et obdura; dolor hie tibi proderit olim.
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness
will one day be beneficial.
Ovid—Amorum. III. 11. 7.
Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est,
Qua? venit indigne poena dolenda venit.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne
with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,
the grief is resistless.
Ovid—Heriodes. V. 7.
Si stimulos pugnis csedis manibus plus dolet.
If you strike the goads with your fists,
your hands suffer most.
Plautus—Truculentvs. IV. 2. 54.
Levia perpessi sumus
Si flenda patimur.
We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for.
Seneca—Agamemnon. 665.
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer.
Tempest. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 5.
| seealso = (See also {{sc|Wordsworth)
For there are deeds
Which have no form, sufferings which have no
tongue.
Shelley—The Cenci. Act in. Sc. 1.
Those who inflict must suffer, for they see
The work of their own hearts, and that must be
Our chastisement or recompense.
Shelley—Julian and Maddalo. L. 494.
Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest
suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more
hopelessly are lost?
Sarah Williams—Is it so, O Christ in Heaven?
St. 3.
