Post #3343

"Tis but a short journey across the isthmus of Now.
—Christian Nestell Bovee

Post #3342

The sweets we wish for, turned to loathed
     sours,
Even in the moment that we call them
     ours.
—William Shakespeare

Post #3341

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!
—Leo Tolstoy

Post #3340

Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is idleness of the mind.
—Johann Gottfried Seume

Post #3339

You are pretty—we know it; and young—it is true; and rich—who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabulla, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young.
—Martial