“Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured His glassy essence--like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens, would all themselves laugh mortal.” MenLittlesPlayHeavenLaughingProudAuthorityAngelEssenceAngryTricksIgnorantMortalsFantasticSplitsAssuredApesMercifulOaksBoltsProud ManSpleenMyrtle Book:Measure for Measure Source: Measure for Measure
“God grant that by my persevering labours I may bring a little stone to the frail and ill-assured edifice of our knowledge of those deep mysteries of Life and Death where all our intellects have so lamentably failed.” MayLittlesMysteryStonesIllIntellectLife And DeathLabourGrantsAssuredFrailEdificeMystery Of Life Author:Louis Pasteur
“Our political process appears to be a toxic dance of mutually assured destruction that takes all the citizens down with you, and that can't be right. So I've prepared a little experiment.” LittlesPoliticalProcessCitizensDestructionPreparedExperimentsToxicAssuredMutually Assured Destruction Author:Tim Dorsey