William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 1 scene 2
I dote on his very absence. William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 1 scene 2
Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives
Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives
William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, Act 1 scene 4
We burn daylight. William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, Act 1 scene 4
Edwin Markham
There is a destiny That makes us brothers None goes his way alone All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our Edwin Markham
Maya Angelou, Quoting a lyric by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know why the caged bird sings. Maya Angelou, Quoting a lyric by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Sir Francis Darwin, Eugenics Review, April 1914
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs. Sir Francis Darwin, Eugenics Review, April 1914
Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, 1932
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, 1932
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu