“Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Source: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886), Line 200
“Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Source: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886), Line 200
“The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure to be experienced by the sensitive lover.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Loving
Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982) American poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
"Time Is the Mercy of Eternity" - The title of this poem is derived from a line by William Blake : "Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.")
In Defense of the Earth (1956)
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Source: The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope (1717), Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady, Line 6.
Mikhail Bakunin book God and the State
Amoureux et jaloux de la liberté humaine, et la considérant comme la condition absolue de tout ce que nous adorons et respectons dans l'humanité, je retourne la phrase de Voltaire, et je dis : Si Dieu existait réellement, il faudrait le faire disparaître.
Source: God and the State (1871; publ. 1882), Ch. II; Variants or variant translations of this statement have also been attributed to Bakunin:
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
A boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
“Mirrors reverse life, memories reverse time.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)