Friday, November 20, 2009

A man's library is a sort of harem. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

A man's library is a sort of harem.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Don't surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more deeply. Let it ferment and season you as few human or even divine ingredients can. -Hafez

Don't surrender your loneliness / So quickly. / Let it cut more deeply. / Let it ferment and season you / As few human / Or even divine ingredients can. -Hafez, poet (1315-1390)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)