On [:] Understand | David Cronenberg, 2014
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Fireflies at Ochanomizu, c 1880 ”“Listen to the crickets,” she said,nodding sagely as she spoke,understanding everything.” David Cronenberg,...
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On [:] Idiot | Richard P. Feynman, 1918-88
unknown “Never confuse education with intelligence,you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” Richard P. Feynman, 1918-88
On [:] Parent | Jim Henson, 1936-90
Domenic Bahmann, Parenting, 2018 “The attitude you have as a parent is what yourkids will learn from more than what...
On [:] Price | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1605-15
Crocodile “A tooth is much moreto be prized than adiamond.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote, 1605-15 Also:Thoughts on {...
|/| The Silence of the Sirens | A short story by Franz Kafka, 1917
Herbert James Draper, Ulysses and the Sirens, 1909 Proof that inadequate, even childish measures, may serve to rescue one from...
On [:] Happiness | William Lyon Phelps, 1927 / Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967
Jamie Wyeth, Bathtub, 1965 “The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use...
On [:] Telescope | Josh Billings, 1874
Ōta Chōu, Women Watching Stars, 1936 “Love looks through a telescope;envy, through a microscope.” Josh Billings, Everybody's Friend, Or Josh...
On [:] Loneliness | Anton Chekhov, 1892-1904
Walter Deverell, The Mock Marriage of Orlando and Rosalind, 1853 “If you are afraid of loneliness,don't marry.” Anton Chekhov, 1892-1904,...
On [:] Argument | Thomas Hobbes, 1651
Franco Matticchio, 2006 “Silence is sometimes an argument of consent.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 Also:Silence is more eloquent than words...
On [:] Fawn | Homer, c 660 BCE
Maggie Cole “A baby running after her mother, begging to be picked up,and she tugs on her skirts, holding her...