Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
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To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
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A word once uttered can never be recalled.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
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We are all compelled to take the same road; from the urn of death, shaken for all, sooner or later the lot must come forth.
[Lat., Omnes eodem cogimur; omnium
Versatur urna serius, ocius
Sors exitura.]
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The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
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