For blocks are better cleft with wedges, / Than tools of sharp or subtle edges, / And dullest nonsense has been found / By some to be the most profound.
-Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)
Whoe'er has gone thro' London street,
Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,
And how he keeps
Gloating upon a sheep's
Or bullock's personals, as if his own;
How he admires his halves
And quarters--and his calves,
As if in truth upon his own legs grown.
~Thomas Hood, A Butcher~
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
- Winston Churchill. British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965