tara griffith

“Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice