I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.
The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.
Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr. , Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement. ]
Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. [Fr. , Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. ]
Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr. , Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage. ]
In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.
I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some kind of vampire rules or something?" "Blow me Shane. " "Boys," Eve said primly. "Language. Minor at the table. " "Well," Shane said, "I wasn't actually planning to do it. " Claire rolled her eyes. "Not like it's the first time I've heard it. Or said it. " "You shouldnt say it," Michael said, all seriousness. "No, I mean it. Girls should say 'eat me' not 'blow me'. Wouldn't recommend 'bite me' though. Not around here.
Has everyone gone mad?” “Everyone was mad already, my lady,” Cadrach said with a strange, sorrowful smile. “It is merely that the times have brought it out in them.
Practically everybody (1) overweighs the stuff that can be numbered, because it yields to the statistical techniques they’re taught in academia, and (2) doesn’t mix in the hard-to-measure stuff that may be more important. That is a mistake I’ve tried all my life to avoid, and I have no regrets for having done that.
may I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.