My Small Boat

Women like silent men. They think they’re listening.

We learn nothing by being right.

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification – the art of discerning what we may with advantage omit.

The Man in the Moon
On the edge of the jumping-off place I stood
Below me, the lake
Beyond that, the dark wood
And above, a night-sky that roared.
I picked a space between two stars
Held out my arms, and soared.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.