Humphreydunn

“I suppose if you’ve always been wrapped in wool, you don’t know it’s wool.”
― Frank Delaney, Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show: A Novel of Ireland

“She had that greatest of all things, wisdom, and that was a very important thing to possess in a world that seemed to be losing the respect it had always had for wise people. Wise people had been replaced in the public estimation by that curious category of people—celebrities—who were, for the most part, shallow people not known for their wisdom. Where were the Nelson Mandelas of this world of celebrity? Where were the Gandhis”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company

“From Alexander the grammarian: to refrain from correcting people, nor admonish those who mispronounce, misremember, or utter an odd expression. He would simply debate the thing they meant to say or provide an answer, while at times dexterously producing the very expression the person sought to begin with. 11. Fronto taught me to”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: the New Translation