Vachel Lindsay
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. Vachel Lindsay
Miguel De Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha
When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness. To seek treasures where there is only trash…Too much sanity may be madness, and maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. […]
Pythagoras, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Reason is immortal, all else mortal. Pythagoras, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
G. K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. G. K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)
Spanish proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. Spanish proverb
George Eliot, 1819-1880
It is never too late to become what we might have been. George Eliot, 1819-1880
Marcus Terentius Varro
The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine. Marcus Terentius Varro