#rates

She remembered Grace telling her about Lorcan's evasiveness when she'd first joined the Noctourne-his ability to speak without saying anything, to talk in riddles. He's a conundrum, thought Cheng Li. A walking, talking conundrum ↗

— Justin Somper

#conundrum #humor #vampirates #humor

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all. ↗

— Socrates

#saddler #socrates #tame #horses

... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#dark-humor #ego #egotism #egotist #funny

Excellent posture is the most important personality trait in an effective salesman. It allows him to pass for a vertebrate. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #personality #posture #salesmen #vertebrates

If the colander is perforated, then the hole filled vessel is irrelevant". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #socrates #vessels #r-alan-woods

There comes a time in a man's life when he hears the call of the sea. If the man has a brain in his head, he will hang up the phone immediately. ↗

— Dave Barry

#call #humor #life #men #phone

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. ↗

— Plato

#plato #socrates #death

if love only belongs to the life, why life is so short and death feels more timeless and completely separates our closeness? if so, why love doesn't belong to the death instead? ↗

— Aditia Rinaldi

#life #love #separates #death

Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#pirates #nature

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#handsome #inspired #large #little #long