Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee -- which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering......Bhagavad Gita c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem
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It is the cause, and not the death,
that makes the martyr.
Bonaparte
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The Price of Beauty
University of London
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I offer you love.
I offer you wisdom.
I offer you hope.
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From the Heliconian Muses let us begin to sing,
who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon,
and dance on soft feet
about the deep-blue spring
and the altar of the almighty son of Cronos.
The Theogony of Hesiod
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Take, eat ,in remembrance of me.
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Lady Clare
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The Greek Lovers
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The Waters of Lethe
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To give without any reward, or any notice,
has a special quality of its own.
Lindbergh
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When you buy a vase cheap,
look for the flaw;
when a man offers favors,
look for the motive
Japanese Proverb
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The Sacrifice
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The king said to the girl,
"Ask of me whatever you wish
and I will grant it unto you."
She replied,"Bring me the head of John, the baptist,
bring it to me now on a plate."
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Margaret Wilson
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Gold begets in brethren hate;
Gold in families debate;
Gold does friendship separate;
Gold does civil wars create.
Crowley
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Women long for what eludes them,
and like not what is offered them.
Ovid
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Phyrne appeared as Aphrodite at a Greek festival;
an act of blasphemy according to the population.
As a defense to her actions,
Hyperides offers the tribunal
a glimpse of her beauty.
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What millions died, that Caesar might be great.
Campbell
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God knows I'm not the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be,
Just for a screen.
Burns
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A man who was completely innocent,
offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others,
including his enemies.
It was a perfect act.
Gandhi
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The Bewitching Goddess
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