"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Thursday, October 17, 2019
How they try to word things cheerfully, or not.
For example, an 85-year-old man has a 75% chance of surviving 2 years and a 25% chance of living 9 years.
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