Wednesday, October 30, 2013

“Quotes to Think About”

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this. — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)


“Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.” — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)


Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid. — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)


Light is the task where many share the toil. — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)


Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend. — Homer (Greek poet 750 BC or earlier)


Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)


The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)


Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)


Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)


I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)



O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

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