April 14, 2011

The Book of Human Life

Lawyer, sneering at witness on the stand: "You seem to have more than the average share of intelligence for a man of your background."



Witness: "If I wasn't under oath, I'd return the compliment!





Go well

Alas!
it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half
the leaves
from the Book of Human Life, to light the fires of passion with,
from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves which
remain
are few in number.







— Longfellow, Hyperion, Bk. iv, ch. 8.

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