It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
-Jonathan Swift
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
-Jonathan Swift
Nothing exists.
– Zeno of Elea
When the fox gnaws, smile.
– Provenance: Robert Heinlein or ancient Sparta
I caught this insight on the way and quickly seized the rather poor words that were closest to hand to pin it down lest it fly away again. And now it has died of these arid words and shakes and flaps in them – and I hardly know any more when I look at it how I could ever have felt so happy when I caught this bird.
– Nietzsche
“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
–Montaigne
“And because we know so little, the poor in spirit please us heartily, particularly when they are young females.”
–Nietzsche
“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.”
– unknown
“To be ruled is to be kept an eye on, inspected, spied on, regulated, indoctrinated, sermonized, listed and checked off, estimated, appraised, censured, ordered about … To be ruled is at every operation, transaction, movement, to be noted, registered, counted, priced, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected.”
– Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“Beware the banality of a busy life.”
-Socrates
(This sounds a little too neat to be something Socrates actually said, but the Happy-Kid-raising Mother said so, so I’m running with it. Also, I’ve always liked the word “banal.”)
Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
– Ernest Hemingway
Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
– Ernest Hemingway
“Wow. Imagine what God could have done if he’d had money.”
– Roger Miller
Spotted at Nashville Or Bust.