You Who Wronged BY CZESLAW MILOSZ TRANSLATED BY RICHARD LOURIE . You who wronged a simple man Bursting into laughter at the crime, And kept a pack of fools around you To mix good and evil, to blur the line, . Though everyone bowed down before you, Saying virtue and wisdom lit your way, Striking […]
A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. Euripides, Greek, playwright
via “A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.“ — Art of Quotation
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems. Wislawa Szymborska, poet
via “I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.” — Art of Quotation
You know what kind of plan never fails? No plan. No plan at all. You know why? Because life cannot be planned. Look around you. Did you think these people made a plan to sleep in the sports hall with you? But here we are now, sleeping together on the floor. So, there’s no need […]
You’re born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation. Nora Ephron. writer, filmmaker
via “You’re born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.” — Art of Quotation
“Music is Life… is your companion. And I couldn’t imagine living without it.” Jose Luis Gomez, conductor Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Venezuelan-born, Spanish
via “Music is Life… is your companion. And I couldn’t imagine living without it.” — Art of Quotation
We live in a fractured world. I’ve always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness. Anish Kapoor, sculptor
Do you want a list of what my dogs taught me? Patience, perspective, joy, loyalty, the simplicity and presence of their joy. That’s a really great daily reminder, bad stuff happens, difficult stuff happens and you take them out onto the beach and you go “OK, now I see”. You tell them the current political […]
via “Do you want a list of what my dogs taught me?… “ — Art of Quotation
“America has moved on and we should have politics of belonging that welcomes everybody. That’s what the American people are for. And I am saddened for what the Republican party has become if they embrace that kind of homophobic rhetoric.” Pete Buttigieg, presidential candidate, in response to Rush Limbaugh’s comment that America is not ready […]
Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived. Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian, diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet
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