In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy…

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You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor...

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor...

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no...

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as...

I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you...

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths...

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship...

It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship...

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.