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Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see The curved line ever follow thee - William McCall.

Enlightenment is an "unfinished project," according to Jürgen Habermas

Enlightenment is an "unfinished project," according to Jürgen Habermas

"Men have sought to make a world from their own conception and to draw from their own minds all the material which they employed, but if, instead of doing so, they had consulted experience and observation, they would have the facts and not opinions to reason about, and might have ultimately arrived at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world." Francis Bacon

"Men have sought to make a world from their own conception and to draw from their own minds all the material which they employed, but if, instead of doing so, they had consulted experience and observation, they would have the facts and not opinions to reason about, and might have ultimately arrived at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world." Francis Bacon

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. HL Mencken

Perhaps you have - in the whisper of the wind or the shadows dancing on the wall

I need to wander where the wind howls

Remember, kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. - The Sandlot

The problem with calling Viscosity slower than molasses in January is that people have forgotten the Boston Molasses Disaster and its chilling 56kph horror flow.

Very nice avatar

*offers a bit of sweet honey and journey bread for her pocket* Here you go something else to store for times of need.

*offers a bit of sweet honey and journey bread for her pocket* Here you go something else to store for times of need.

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” - Alan Cohen

*waves at Curiose and hopes time settles down soon for her*

Shape without form, shade without color. In death's dream kingdom. Behaving as the wind ...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. ... TS Elliot The Waste Land

"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" The Little Prince

This is the pain of our children..To return from the stars without a home or community..A tribe lost returns...scattered in the wind. author unknown

Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion; T.S. Eliot

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov

Bears, parachutes, and dancing penguins ... and all compliments of Fyrd.

Bears, parachutes, and dancing penguins ... and all compliments of Fyrd.