Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Oct. 15, 2016)
Can’t Have One Without the Other Where the light is brightest, the shadows are darkest. …Goethe Past, Present, Future But for what was, what is could never be. Daffy-nition Bank: an institution where […]
Can’t Have One Without the Other Where the light is brightest, the shadows are darkest. …Goethe Past, Present, Future But for what was, what is could never be. Daffy-nition Bank: an institution where […]
Arabian Proverb Never give advice in a crowd. Ghost of a Chance An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. …Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Daffy-nition Kiss: A noun, though […]
Proverbially Speaking A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom. …Lord John Russell Modern Philosophy Most men, generically speaking, labor under the illusion that there is a supreme being, just and benevolent. […]
A Sly Put Down The original Greek is of great use in elucidating Browning’s translation of the Agamemnon. … Robert Yelverton Tyrrell The American Way The typical successful American businessman was born in the […]
The High Price of Glory Rigidly classical, you save Your praise for poets in the grave. Forgive me, it’s not worth my while Dying to earn your critical smile. …Martial Contrary advice Always advise […]
Of Scholarship and Academe One learns more from a good scholar in a rage than from a score of lucid and laborious drudges. …Rudyard Kipling From the Trivia File There was a time when […]
Of ‘Ulysses’ I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that’s the only way of insuring one’s immortality. …James Joyce […]
Holy Cow! Tennyson had the British Empire for God, and Queen Victoria for Virgin Mary. … Lady Gregory Let’s Face It Everybody feels sorry for the blind man; no one can tolerate the deaf […]
Having It Both Ways The young always have the same problem—how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. … Quentin Crisp […]
On the Bestowal of Awards The King may give the honour, but thou art to make thyself honourable. … Thomas Fuller Kindergarten Quiz Question: Why couldn’t they find Mozart’s teacher? Answer: Because he was […]
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