Posted on October 11, 2021 “He writes nothing whose writings are not read.”—Martialis, Roman poet from Hispania, 38 AD–104 AD
Posted on September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 “What is a friend? Another I.”—Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher, c. 495–c. 430 BC
Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 “A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to!”—Gandalf in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’/J.R.R. Tolkien, English fantasy novelist, 1892-1973; et al.
Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 “Many commit the same crime and face a different fate: that man gets the cross, this one the crown.”—Decimus Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd centuries, AD
Posted on August 21, 2021 “Wit is the only wall…Between us and the dark.”—Mark Van Doren, American poet, 1894-1972
Posted on August 20, 2021August 20, 2021 “Time cancels young pain.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC
Posted on August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 “I see and praise better things; I do worse ones.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC-18 AD
Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 “I only spout poetry when my feet hurt.”—Quintus Ennius, Roman poet, 239-169 BC
Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 “If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.”—John Clare, English poet, 1793-1864
Posted on March 6, 2021March 7, 2021 “The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”—Paul Valery, French poet, 1871-1945
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