When Colombus Promised a New Hemisphere, All Said That It Could Not Exist. When He Found It, All Said It Had Been Known Long Before Voltaire
“We, upon many occasions, see wise and good men on the wrong as well as on the right side of questions of the first magnitude to society. This circumstance, if duly attended to, would furnish a lesson of moderation to those who are ever so much persuaded of their being in the right in any controversy.” Alexander Hamilton
Though here at journey’s end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, Nor bid the Stars farewell. Strong
The Old Believe Everything: The Middle-Aged Suspect Everything: The Young Know Everything Oscar Wilde
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson