#ring

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. ↗

— Paul Valery

#capital #discovery #folly #inborn #metaphor

American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring. ↗

— Sid Vicious

#american audiences #any #audiences #bit #boring

We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value. ↗

— Thomas Vilsack

#iowa #long #long tradition #neighbors #our

A well-spent day brings happy sleep. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#brings #day #happy #sleep #well-spent

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#engineering #foot #human #masterpiece #work

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. ↗

— Voltaire

#every #gives #indeed #kills #letter

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks. ↗

— Miriam Beard

#greeks #muses #only #professions #recently

Evil events from evil causes spring. ↗

— Aristophanes

#events #evil #spring

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#bring #evil #exist #god #good

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot. ↗