“To Venus and Back,”
Tori Amos
“An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the Sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing”
Mark Twain
“GRACES, n. Three beautiful goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia and Euphrosyne, who attended upon Venus, serving without salary. They were at no expense for board and clothing, for they ate nothing to speak of and dressed according to the weather, wearing whatever breeze happened to be blowing.”
Ambrose Bierce
“She is Venus when she smiles; / But she's Juno when she walks, / And Minerva when she talks.”
Ben Jonson
“It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.”
Jean Baptiste Racine
“Venus favors the bold.”
Ovid
“A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces/ More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne./ More commonly it wheezes and tips over.”
Marge Piercy
