"But still, in utter silence, from bas-relief and painted tomb
this civilization asserts
its stylised timeless effrontery.
Synthesis is implicit
in Rilke's single column, (die eine)
denying fate, the stone mask of Vollendung.
(Deaf to tarbushed dragoman
who deep-throatedly extols it.)"

Hamish Henderson
Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica

"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky