Introduction
One Minute Nonsense (1992)
“No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.”
The Summer Before the Dark (1973)
“He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.”
PROGRESS AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/ (1995 – )
1990s
“Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.”
Crime and Punishment (1866)
Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Lothair (1870), Ch. 29.
“A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.”
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 346.
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”
Source: The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 56e
“Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.”
Letter to Louis Untermeyer (8 July 1915)
1910s
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 15 (p. 235)
Source: Shards of Honour
