#si

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy. ↗

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. ↗

— George Eliot

#close #glory #i #know #leave

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other. ↗

— George Eliot

Excessive literary production is a social offense. ↗

— George Eliot

#literary #offense #production #social

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. ↗

— George Eliot

#best #better #cares #immeasurable #itself

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. ↗

— C.A.R. Hoare

#design

aesthetic isn't simply about good design for good design's sake. ↗

— Noah Kerner

#design #marketing #product #design

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. ↗

— George Eliot

#excessive #i #literary #offence #production

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#code #protect #scrutiny #using #verification

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. ↗