Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
life beautiful hate
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
life fire brilliant
Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
friendship book reading
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
baby peace spring
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
humility lovely excellence
Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.
men energy useless
Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.
selfish passion men
Man liveth from hour to hour, and knoweth not what may happen; Influences circle him on all sides, and yet must he answer for his actions: For the being that is master of himself, bendeth events to his will, But a slave to selfish passions is the wavering creature of circumstance.
want wealth
Wealth oft-times killeth, where want but hindered the budding.
misery wealth given
Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.
wise men race
The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it.
wise humility men
Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.
loneliness heart mind
How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that are bred in loneliness; for there is as it were music at his heart, and he talketh within him as with friends.
life dream morning
In a dream thou mayst live a lifetime, and all be forgotten in the morning: Even such is life, and so soon perisheth its memory.
life light darkness
Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.