Aesthetic Blasphemy

There's love, and then there is wisdom.

But who, alas! can love, and then be wise? Not that remorse did not oppose temptation; A little still she strove, and...

Could Would Is Are

“I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather...

Hope Dope Elope?

'Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it,...

Zalcman’s Paradox

Is the question “What is an example of a question which is not its own answer?” its own answer? Zalcman’s...

On seeing a child playing on his own

“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless...