Abse, Dannie -- Poem (1952), “Letter to Alex Comfort,” Walking Under Water

Dave — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:53:00 +0000

That Greek one then is my hero, who watched the bath water
rise above his navel and rushed out naked. “I found it,
I found it” into the street in all his shining, and forgot
that others would only stare at his genitals. What laughter!

Daniel "Dannie" Abse (1923-2014) Welsh poet
Poem (1952), “Letter to Alex Comfort,” Walking Under Water
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Referring to Archimedes.

Shaw, George Bernard -- Treatise on Parents and Children, “Children’s Happiness” (1914)

Dave — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:12:13 +0000

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active, which is pleasanter than any happiness until you are tired of it.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Treatise on Parents and Children, “Children’s Happiness” (1914)
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Abse, Dannie -- Poem (1952), “Letter to Alex Comfort,” Walking Under Water

Shaw, George Bernard -- Treatise on Parents and Children, “Children’s Happiness” (1914)