#aphorism

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction. ↗

— Rebecca McClanahan

#life #life

You can't have love and honor, and neither will bring you peace. ↗

— W.M. Driscoll

#love

The eleventh commandment of art: thou shalt not be boring. ↗

— W.M. Driscoll

#art

Men and the world are mutually toxic to each other. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#men

There is truth in wine and children ↗

— Plato

#children

That which yields is not always weak. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#flexibility #weakness

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#inspirational #philosophy #inspirational

All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort. It spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men: It reveals Secrets, is Quarrelsome, Lascivious, Impudent, Dangerous and Mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast. ↗

— William Penn

#men

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ↗

— James Thurber

#inspirational #inspirational

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening. ↗

— Saki

#edwardian #humor #humor