“Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight, Betwixt the earth and heaven.”— Thomas Campbell, To the Rainbow (1825)Share
“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”— Thomas CampbellShare
“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”— Thomas CampbellShare
“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”— AristotleShare
“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”— C.S. LewisShare
“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”— ConfuciusShare
“Knowledge, that tendeth but to satisfaction, is but as a courtesan, which is for pleasure, and not for fruit or generation.”— Francis BaconShare
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”— Francis BaconShare
“That which is most excellent, and is most to be desired by all happy, honest and healthy-minded men, is dignified leisure.”— CiceroShare
