<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568366" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Paris and the Golden Apple</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The best of possessions<br>I am holding in my hand-<br>The Golden Apple on which is written-<br>'For the most fairest'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Strange is the way Fate works, <br>And I, a mortal, is chosen to select<br>Who among Hera, Athene and Venus<br>is the most fairest! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hera said-<br>'Power is the ultimate goal of life, <br>every head must bow down before power-<br>with love or with fear-<br>The world stands before you trembling, <br>And you will govern it with iron rod.<br>Give me the apple and see<br>what I have to offer.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Athene Said -<br>Knowledge is Power, and<br>Power is but the shadow of Wisdom-<br>always following like a faithful servent; <br>I will bless you with the light of wisdom<br>And elighten your soul from within<br>So that you can judge the past, present and future.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Venus smiled and said -<br>What drink can quench the thirst of the soul? <br>And can remove the hundred fevers of heart? <br>Can Wisdom or Power do this? <br>no, they don't.<br>Only Beauty can touch the soul softly<br>and can revive its vitality. <br>Then give me the apple and in return<br>Take the best of gifts the world can offer-<br>The most beautiful woman as your wife. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What a real dellima I am in! <br>Which on to chose, which one to avoid- <br>between Power, Wisdom and Beauty? <br>Power is a weapon, <br>But, Wisdom is the mind's eye, <br>Yet Beauty is the only pleasure <br>of the eye and soul.<br>So, Beauty I prefer to Power and Wisdom; <br>I will offer the apple to Venus <br>and will have the most beautiful woman as my wife.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Did Paris make a mistake<br>In chosing Beauty over Power and Wisdom? <br>Well, History holds proof of this-<br>Look at the burning Troy <br>and take lesson therefrom; <br>Let not one more Troy burn, <br>Let not one more Paris is born.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Nazmul+Haque">Nazmul Haque</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568366" data-title="Paris and the Golden Apple de Nazmul Haque" data-description="The best of possessions I am holding in my hand- The Golden Apple on which is written- 'For the most fairest'. Strange is the way Fate works, And I, a mortal, is chosen to select Who among Hera, Athene and Venus is the most fairest! Hera said-..."></div> </div> </div>

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