“Ah, what shall I be at fifty, should nature keep me alive, if I find the world so bitter when I am but twenty-five?” IfsWorldShouldNatureFiveAliveTwentiesBitterFiftyTwenty Five Author:Alfred the Great
“For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, Argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew, From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue.” WorldHumansWould BeEyeHeavenNationsWonderVisionSawsMagicHeardRainBlueAviationPilotsTwilightCommerceSailPredictionsNavyPurpleDroppingDewShoutingGhastlyAiryGrapplingHuman Eyes Author:Alfred the Great
“He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.” MenWorldLifeLongMadeSeemsWishUnderstandingEducationClearIncreaseFoolishEndlessWretchedClergyParishFoolish ManEndless Life Author:Alfred the Great
