#iv

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. ↗

— Voltaire

#born to be #devoured #eaten #eighty #flies

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. ↗

— Joey Lauren Adams

#except #genius #living #make #who

He who matures early lives in anticipation. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#early #lives #matures #who

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. ↗

— Scott Adams

#inspires #like #nothing #quite #revenge

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#culture #exclusive #live

I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#answer #ask #connected #ever #give

In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature. ↗

— William Adams

#children #conscience #desiring #end #five

There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas. ↗

— Robert Adamson

#between #cross #dylan #dylan thomas #earlier

Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess. ↗

— Robert Adamson

#books #guess #i #living #make

The post of honour is a private station. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#post #private #station