[b]Philosophy Tweets
“Cleverness is not wisdom.” Euripides[/b]
Though [from time to time] close enough.
“Those are only rumors of suffering. Real suffering has a face and a smell. It lasts in the most intense form no matter what you drape over it. And it knows your name.” Mary Karr
Let’s illustrate that text.
“Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But it could blow everybody’s head off.” Mary Karr
In a word: Wow!
“Who so neglects learning in his youth, loses his past and is dead for the future.” Euripides
On the other hand, learning what exactly?
“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.” Evelyn Waugh
Of course he doesn’t feel that now. To the best of my knowledge.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” Marcus Aurelius
Unless the object is something altogether different. Mine for example