Conversations with the Great Aphorists ...

Moderation in all things.

- Terence


Moderation in all things, except moderation.

- K. Michael Prewitt

Death & Life

No man should be afraid to die, who hath understood what it is to live.


-Thomas Fuller



In every parting there is an image of death.


-George Eliot



It is of no avail to weep for the loss of a loved one, which is why we weep.


-Solon

Black Mirrors

The future is a mirror without any glass in it.

-Xavier Forneret

The Written Word

The finest thought runs the risk of being irretrievably forgotten if it is not written down.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

Leading a Horse to Water

Ye can lade a man up to th’university, but ye can’t make him think.

-Finley Peter Dunne

Peace Take Me Over

Why do dying people never shed tears?

-Max Frisch

Lion Heart

Until death, it is all life.

-Miguel de Cervantes