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I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. ~James Baldwin
March 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. ~James Baldwin
But, oh, how much a heart can hold. ~Coventry Patmore, "Rejected," The Angel in the House, 1854
Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), as quoted in Nancy Milford, Zelda, 1970
Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), as quoted in Nancy Milford, Zelda, 1970
February 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
But, oh, how much a heart can hold. ~Coventry Patmore, "Rejected," The Angel in the House, 1854
Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), as quoted in Nancy Milford, Zelda, 1970
Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), as quoted in Nancy Milford, Zelda, 1970
TIL - Koala and human fingerprints are almost identical. This has already led to some confusion in Australian crime scenes where koala fingerprints were found at the scene.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
TIL - Koala and human fingerprints are almost identical. This has already led to some confusion in Australian crime scenes where koala fingerprints were found at the scene.
...I can forget my very existence in a deep kiss of you. ~Byron Caldwell Smith (1849–1877), letter to Kate Stephens (1853–1938)
February 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
...I can forget my very existence in a deep kiss of you. ~Byron Caldwell Smith (1849–1877), letter to Kate Stephens (1853–1938)
Since it is evening,
and sailing weather,
let us set out for
the dream together.
~Humbert Wolf
and sailing weather,
let us set out for
the dream together.
~Humbert Wolf
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since it is evening,
and sailing weather,
let us set out for
the dream together.
~Humbert Wolf
and sailing weather,
let us set out for
the dream together.
~Humbert Wolf
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm the IT Guy - $50 if I do the job. $100 if you want to watch. $150 if you want to help.
February 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm the IT Guy - $50 if I do the job. $100 if you want to watch. $150 if you want to help.
Love makes man an angel, hate makes him a fiend. ~Thomas Clark Henley, A Handful of Paper Shavings, 1861
February 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Love makes man an angel, hate makes him a fiend. ~Thomas Clark Henley, A Handful of Paper Shavings, 1861
I also came to see that the price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less. ~Eldridge Cleaver
February 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I also came to see that the price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less. ~Eldridge Cleaver
I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. ~James Baldwin
February 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. ~James Baldwin
Every vicious act has its excuse every ready. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
February 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Every vicious act has its excuse every ready. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
...when once a man has cast a longing eye on [offices], a rottenness begins in his conduct. ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to Tench Coxe, 1799, Monticello
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
...when once a man has cast a longing eye on [offices], a rottenness begins in his conduct. ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to Tench Coxe, 1799, Monticello
The United States Senate opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. ~Will Rogers (1879–1935)
February 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The United States Senate opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. ~Will Rogers (1879–1935)
Social economy means spending a penny to save a pound. Political economy is spending a pound to save a penny. ~F. Tomline (William Schwenck Gilbert) & Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, The Happy Land: A Burlesque Version of "The Wicked World," 1873
February 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Social economy means spending a penny to save a pound. Political economy is spending a pound to save a penny. ~F. Tomline (William Schwenck Gilbert) & Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, The Happy Land: A Burlesque Version of "The Wicked World," 1873
Mudslinging – In politics, anything bad the opponent says about our candidate; in contrast, when our candidate does this, it is called 'making a good point.' ~Richard E. Turner (1937–2011)
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mudslinging – In politics, anything bad the opponent says about our candidate; in contrast, when our candidate does this, it is called 'making a good point.' ~Richard E. Turner (1937–2011)
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ~William Ewart Gladstone, 1866
February 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ~William Ewart Gladstone, 1866
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. ~James Freeman Clarke
February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. ~James Freeman Clarke
The war had left the people divided into two parties which were fanatically hostile to each other. The people were party mad. Party name and party symbols were of an almost religious importance. ~John Jay Chapman, "Politics," Causes and Consequences, 1898
February 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The war had left the people divided into two parties which were fanatically hostile to each other. The people were party mad. Party name and party symbols were of an almost religious importance. ~John Jay Chapman, "Politics," Causes and Consequences, 1898
The rumpus among the Republican heelers... resembled the action of a geyser when a cake of soap is thrown into it — rumbling — followed by terrific vomiting. ~John Jay Chapman, "Election Time," Practical Agitation, 1900
February 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The rumpus among the Republican heelers... resembled the action of a geyser when a cake of soap is thrown into it — rumbling — followed by terrific vomiting. ~John Jay Chapman, "Election Time," Practical Agitation, 1900
Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. ~Winston Churchill
February 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. ~Winston Churchill