When I wander away with Death.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not walked in — The knowing go beyond it, and the stupid do not come up to it. I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not understood — The men of talents and virtue go beyond it, and the worthless do not come up to it.”
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
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Confucius 269
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BCRelated quotes
Speech at the Louis Marshall Award Dinner of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Americana Hotel, New York City (11 November 1962)
1960s
Source: The Mortdecai Trilogy, Don't Point That Thing At Me (1972), Ch. 13.
“There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
XXIII, p. 25
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
“Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.”
“I hate it when my leg falls asleep. I know that means it's going to be up all night.”