I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods.
Mortal through I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment I gaze up at the night's starry domain of heaven, Then no longer on earth I stand; I touch the … - Ptolemy
Mortal through I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment I gaze up at the night's starry domain of heaven, Then no longer on earth I stand; I touch the …
- Ptolemy
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my fee… - Ptolemy
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my fee…
As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul. - Ptolemy
As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.
I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth,… - Ptolemy
I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth,…
Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men. - Ptolemy
Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.
Therefore the solid body of the earth is reasonably considered as being the largest relative to those moving against it and as remaining unmoved in a… - Ptolemy
Therefore the solid body of the earth is reasonably considered as being the largest relative to those moving against it and as remaining unmoved in a…
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens. - Ptolemy
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens.
There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities within th… - Ptolemy
There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities within th…
If the earth were flat from east to west, the stars would rise as soon for westerners as for orientals, which is false. Also, if the earth were flat … - Ptolemy
If the earth were flat from east to west, the stars would rise as soon for westerners as for orientals, which is false. Also, if the earth were flat …
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