Issue 278
- Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain.
- A witty saying proves nothing.
- Basically, I no longer work for anything
but the sensation I have while working.
- Dirt is matter out of place.
Weed is a plant out of place.
Nuisance is action out of place.
Even those things, acts or words which are normally good
and useful become bad, useless and even harmful when
they are out of place, time and circumstance.
A knowledge of this fact is an essential part of wisdom.
- Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
- To be wronged is nothing,
unless you continue to remember it.
- In the end we'll remember
not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
- Learn that the present hour alone is man's.
- In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts:
they come back to us with certain alienated majesty.
- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living
and your belief will help create the fact.