“Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.” MenDiesKnowledgeIgnoranceRegretFollyAcquire Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“I knew the poor, I knew the hideous death they die, when famine lays its bleak hand on the door; I knew the rich, sated with merriment, who yet are sad.” LifeHandsDiesPoorKnowledgeRichDoorsExperienceLaysFamineHideousBleakMerrimentSated Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems