Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. – Epicurus Category: Fortune
Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd. – Voltaire, 1767 Category: Miscellaneous
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. – Tadao Ando Category: Knowledge
Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then hell escape. – W. H. Auden Category: parenting
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody. – Agatha Christie Category: Money
