“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
I know this to be true.
Tag: Quote of the Day
05OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
I’ll have to check with Camera Girl to see if this is true.
post script – She confirmed it.
04OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
03OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
02OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Then with respect to the Left I must be the Great Satan.
01OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
30SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
This week I’m reprising my favorites quotes
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
H. L. Mencken
I know Ace of Spades has adopted this for his motto but it’s too good not to be quoted here.
29SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
This week I’m reprising my favorites quotes
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
George Orwell
28SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
This week I’m reprising my favorites quotes
“When there aren’t any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.”
Orson Scott Card
If we’re being honest, more often than not, this is how things go.
27SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
This week I’m reprising my favorites quotes
“Individuals who have been wronged by unlawful racial discrimination should be made whole; but under our Constitution there can be no such thing as either a creditor or a debtor race. That concept is alien to the Constitution’s focus upon the individual. …To pursue the concept of racial entitlement – even for the most admirable and benign of purposes – is to reinforce and preserve for future mischief the way of thinking that produced race slavery, race privilege and race hatred. In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American.”
Antonin Scalia
We’re gonna miss Scalia. He was solid.