My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn
English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty
days, and German in thirty years.
The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the
same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight. ~Samual McChord
Crothers~
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible
degree. ~Ezra Pound~
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is
felt rather than seen
~Leonardo da Vinci~
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before
speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
~Robert G. Ingersoll~
"It is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics when women of high thoughts
and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with
their own hearts than while so occupied."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne~
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while
movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
~Plato~
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to
keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha~
What fools indeed we mortals are
To lavish care upon a Car,
With ne'er a bit of time to see
About our own machinery!
~John Kendrick Bangs~
