Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1882 (1727)

Dave — Wed, 28 May 2025 15:21:56 +0000

Thy greatest Wisdom consists in being acquainted with thy own Follies.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1882 (1727)
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Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Being in Love” (1886)

Dave — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:20:47 +0000

But we are so blind to our own shortcomings, so wide awake to those of others. Everything that happens to us is always the other person’s fault. Angelina would have gone on loving Edwin forever and ever and ever if only Edwin had not grown so strange and different. Edwin would have adored Angelina through eternity if Angelina had only remained the same as when he first adored her.
It is a cheerless hour for you both when the lamp of love has gone out and the fire of affection is not yet lit, and you have to grope about in the cold, raw dawn of life to kindle it. God grant it catches light before the day is too far spent. Many sit shivering by the dead coals till night come.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English writer, humorist [Jerome Klapka Jerome]
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Being in Love” (1886)
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Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1882 (1727)

Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Being in Love” (1886)