“But if anyone were to conduct his life by reason He would find great riches in living a peaceful life And being contented; one is never short of a little But men want always to be powerful and famous So that their fortune rests on a solid foundation And they can spend a placid life in opulence. There isn't a hope of it; to attain great honours You have to struggle along a dangerous way And even when you reach the top there is envy Which can strike you down like lightning into Tartarus. For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level.” IfsMenWayWantLittlesReasonLevelsPowerfulStruggleDangerousOrdinaryFoundationSticksFortuneEnvyRichesStrikesPeacefulHonourLightningPeaceful LifePlacidSolid FoundationOpulenceTartarusHonour You Book:De rerum natura Source: De rerum natura
“New Rule: Since our new national position on science is, "Screw it, we prefer witchcraft," let's not just retire the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Let's drive it to one of the five stupidest States and have the locals beat it with sticks. Putting it in a museum is too dangerous. Someone could steal it, fly it into space and notice we revolve around the sun.” StatesSpaceSunFiveDangerousPositionBeatsSticksStealingLocalsMuseumsRetiringScrewsWitchcraftStupidestAtlantisSpace Shuttle Book:The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass Source: The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
“The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.” PeopleMeanLittlesSaidYoungLiteratureNumbersCareersWonderfulDangerousLettersMiserySticksFortuneAuthorshipCrutches Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn