\u201cDogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.\u201dThere\u2019s a treasure trove in the sparks and snarks of Oscar Wilde. Some I\u2019ve used in my email signatures, such as: \u201cI was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.\u201d This rings true for any writer.
\nAnother great call of our Wilde: \u201cWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.\u201d Now that\u2019s poetry. Occasionally I find such a line that teases the urge for verse. For another example, nearly 400 years ago, French mathematician Blaise Pascal noted: \u201cMost of our problems proceed from our inability to sit quietly in a small room.\u201d Let that one sink in. Seems timeless.As for prescience, there are plenty of political comments from yesteryear that can send tingles down the spine of any voter today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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