Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Ma pur sí aspre vie né sí selvagge
cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre
ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
Canzone 35, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Ma pur sí aspre vie né sí selvagge
cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre
ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
Canzone 35, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
“The paths to the house I seek to make,
But leave to those to come the house itself.”
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Thou Mother with thy Equal Brood, 1
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
1960s, Letter to Ho Chi Minh (1967)
“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.”
John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces
Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
Richard Cecil (clergyman) (1748–1810) British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 501.
Context: If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty. There is something in religion, when rightly comprehended, that is masculine and grand. It removes those little desires which are the constant hectic of a fool.
Harvey Mansfield (1932) Author, professor
How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science (2007)
Context: People want to stand for something, which means opposing those who stand for something else. In the course of opposing they will often resort to insults and name-calling, which are normal in politics though never in your interest. The demand for more civility in politics today should be directed toward improving the quality of our insults, seeking civility in wit rather than blandness.
Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India
29 July 1983
The Teachings of Babaji