It is not grey hair that reveals my age …
“It is not grey hair that reveals my age.It is my use of complete sentences and punctuation when I text.” (Unknown Author)
Month: May 2024
’tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind
“’tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.” (William Shakespeare, King Lear)
Reading furnishes the mind with materials of knowledge …
“Reading furnishes the mind with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” John Locke “Essay Concerning Human Understanding”.
Never argue with an idiot …
“Never argue with an idiot: people might not notice the difference.” (Arthur Bloch)
I am more interested in my own conscience than in the opinion of others
“I am more interested in my own conscience than in the opinion of others.” (Cicero)
The best fighter is never angry
“The best fighter is never angry.” (Lao Tzu)
Errors are for beginners …
“Errors are for beginners, experts aim directly to disaster.” (Roberto Grippi)
When someone disrespects you …
“When someone disrespects you, beware the impulse to win their respect. For disrespect is not a valuation of your worth but a signal of their character.” (Brendon Burchard)
Nobody told me that when you get a husband …
“Nobody told me that when you get a husband, the ears are sold separately.” (Unknown author)
A room without books …
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” (Cicero)
We often share our inner world …
“We often share our inner world with the pretence that a mass of illiterates can read it.” (Goethe)
Politics is the art …
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” (Voltaire, circa 1750)
The very existence of libraries …
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.” (T.S. Eliot)
Though I may not have wings to fly …
“Though I may not have wings to fly, the dark falls have shown me How to rise from the shadows, and reach for the sky.” (Franco Battiato, Aforismi per una Nuova Umanità)
While the future torments us …
“While the future torments us and the past holds us back… the present slips away from us in the meantime.” (Gustave Flaubert)
The difference between genius and stupidity …
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.” (Alexandre Dumas, fils)
You meet saints everywhere …
“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” (Kurt Vonnegut)
When someone tells you it cannot be done …
“When someone tells you it cannot be done, more often than not it is a reflection of their limitations, not yours.” (Unknown author)
Culture is what most people receive …
“Culture is what most people receive, many transmit, and few have.” (Karl Kraus)
If every barking dog prompted you to throw a stone …
“If every barking dog prompted you to throw a stone, your arms would soon be gone, all worn to the bone!” (Sicilian proverb)