#pear

Any hand can condem, but it takes a helping hand to build. ↗

— Nate Spears

#nate-spears #passage #poet #poetry #quote

To be or not to be?' That is not the question. What is the question? The question is not one of being, but of becoming. 'To become more or not to become more' This is the question faced by each intelligence in our universe. ↗

— Truman G. Madsen

#lds #shakespeare #intelligence

A man shouldn’t be measured by looks, attire, or finances. A man should be measured by his character, actions, and intelligence. -Nate Spears ↗

— Nate Spears

#poetnatespears #inspirational

Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect. They need at least a doctor who understands the disease. How can you expect Cottard to be able to treat you? He has made allowances for the difficulty of digesting sauces, for gastric trouble, but he has made no allowance for the effect of reading Shakespeare. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#illness #shakespeare #writers #intelligence

Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant,' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#america #appearance #believe #centuries #current

The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real. ↗

— John Green

#blending-in #life

Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#life #life

Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#satire #shakespeare #humor

You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion- ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#ugly #life

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#shakespeare #life