“Nature is a wary wily long-breathed old Witch, tough-lived as a Turtle and divisible as the Polyp, repullulative in a thousand Snips and Cuttings, integra et in toto! She is sure to get the better of Lady MIND in the long run, and to take her revenge too transforms our To Day into a Canvass dead-colored to receive the dull featureless Portait of Yesterday.” MindLongRunningCuttingThousandToughRevengeYesterdayDullWitchLong RunsTurtles Book:Opus Maximum Source: Opus Maximum
“Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution, tolerance and moderation, Angus maintained, but such politics were, alas, also very dull, and certainly moved nobody to poetry.” LongRunningPoliticalDarknessMovedExtremesToleranceDullCreedsLong RunsModerationAlasLitCaution Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Scones Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
“the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me.” LooksSometimesHardRunningFoodBabyBedTestsCookingFantasticCooksStreamsDullEggsDiamondShellsFabulousFeathersTextureFireworksCoolingOctopusBoiled Eggs Author:Nancy Mitford
“In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy. They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. ... The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.” PeopleMenWorldHeartLongWholeRunningCoursesNationsRealizingCommunityAbilityEnemyDependsMen And WomenLonelyAdversityConstantMeetingsAverageProsperityActiveDuesDisasterDullAnxiousLong RunsFatigueAverage ManRepetitiveTurbulenceSteadfastnessOrdinarinessSoundnessLonely Life Author:Queen Elizabeth II