All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter 6
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. Czech Proverb Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. Larry Niven, Ringworld Shame is that intrinstic meter of our own heart to tell us that we have failed to follow our own moral compass. LaDawnna Burnett (1975 - ), Letters on Ethics Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end. George W. Bush
43rd President of US (1946 - ) Nothing in the world is as certain as death. Jean Froissart, 1359 Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. Voltaire, on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. Dave Barry
US columnist & humorist (1947 - ) | 
