ROAD, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
-- from The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Quote: Nancy Mitford ...
"Abroad is utterly bloody."
-- from Love in a Cold Climate, 1949
-- from Love in a Cold Climate, 1949
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Quote: Henry David Thoreau ...
"It is not worthwhile to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar."
-- from Walden, 1854
-- from Walden, 1854
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Quote: Elizabeth Drew ...
“Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.”
-- from The Literature of Gossip, 1964
-- from The Literature of Gossip, 1964
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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