Quote of the Day

But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn’t, didn’t already have
– Tin man, America

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

-Edith Wharton

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled – because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.
– Friedrich Nietzsche

If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
— Edith Wharton