A garland of quotations CXXIX

(Come see me July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

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Don’t talk about “progress” in terms of longevity, safety, or comfort before comparing zoo animals to those in the wilderness.
•Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes (2010).

A life spent worthily should be measured by a noble line; by deeds not years. They only have lived long, who have lived virtuously.
•Richard Sheridan, Pizarro (1799).

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