To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more
specimens of genius and taste than any other volume in existence.
-- Walter S. Landor
specimens of genius and taste than any other volume in existence.
-- Walter S. Landor
Related:
- Borocz's Law of Research: When working with a dictionary of more
than one volume,
the next reference will be in the other volume... - It could be that Walter's horse has wings" does not imply that there is
any such animal as Walter's horse,
only that there could be; but "Walter's horse is a... - Taken as a whole, the universe is absurd.
--
Walter Savage... - Inadmissible: Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of
testimony which juries are supposed to be unfit to be entrusted with,
and which judges, therefore, rule out, even of proceedings... - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school
metaphysics,
for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract... - At any given moment, a society contains a certain amount of accumulated
and accruing aggressiveness.
If more than twenty-one years elapse without this aggressiveness... - Go to the Scriptures... the joyful promises it contains will be a balsam to
all your troubles.
Andrew Jackson The foundations of our society and... - Absence and death are the same-only that in death there is no suffering.
Walter S.... - The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
Walter S....
From the same category:
- Death, doom and destruction loom...
so have a nice day... - So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 90... - Not breaking the rules,
just testing the tensil strength... - Every man sees in his relatives a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.
H. L.... - Whenever you're holding all the cards,
why does everyone else turn out to be playing chess...
