Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry
about the answers.
-Thomas Pynchon, writer (1937- )
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly
- Anatole France. French writer, member of the French Academy and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. 1844-1924
That rich celestial music thrilled the air
From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged
Eastward and westward, making bright the night.
~Edwin Arnold, Light of Asia (bk. IV, l. 418)~