Fear not! Life still
Leaves human effort scope
But, since life teems with ill,
Nurse no extravagant hope
-Mathew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna
Statuses
The difference between the right word and the…
The difference between the right word and the almost right word in a place is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
-MarkTwain
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he…
Blessed is he who expects nothing; for he will never be disappointed.
-Jonathan Swift
The fool doth think he is wise but…
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
-William Shakespeare
As You Like It, ACT V SCENE I The forest.
I keep six honest men serving me They…
I keep six honest men serving me,
They have taught me all I know
There names are : Who, Why, Where,
What, When and How
-Rudyard Kipling