An artisan without memories,
An artisan without memories, whose only dream was to die of fatigue in the oblivion and misery of his little gold fishes. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Oblivion
If a man rejoice
If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it’s possible … to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe. Euripides
Mankind . . .
Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his … Read more
Human destiny is an
Human destiny is an episode between two oblivions. Ernest Nagel
Housework is a treadmill
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity. Erma Bombeck
I review all I
I review all I know, but can synthesize no meaning. When I doze, the Fact, the certain accomplished calamity, wakes me roughly like a brutal nurse. I see it crouching inflexibly in a corner of the ceiling. It comes down in geometrical diagonal like lightning.It says, I remain, I AM, I shall never cease to … Read more
Young women with ambitions
Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world. Elbert Hubbard
Such events may be
Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion. Edward Gibbon
Most new books drop
Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. Edward Abbey
Consent in virtue knit
Consent in virtue knit your hearts so fast, That still the knot, in spite of death, does last; For as your tears, and sorrow-wounded soul, Prove well that on your part this bond is whole, So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love. Let dark … Read more