He whose face gives no light shall never become a star. Eternity is in love with the productions of time. The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

Mrs. Ernest Hills, 1909 #johnsingersargent #realism

"you deserve what you get"

" Hug you? Not happening."

The Three Graces from Primavera, 1487 wikiart.org/en/sandro-bott… #italianart #wikiart

𝐼𝑓 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑛, 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡; 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑒.

The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion. Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night. He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. As the plough follows words, so God rewards prayers.

" I thoroughly enjoy Shakespeare. He was gifted at selecting the right words and arranging them into convincing representations of reality in all its forms, material and immaterial. An admiral poetic quality to revel in.. "

Venus and Mars, 1483 #earlyrenaissance #italianart

He would emit a small albeit partially inaudible laugh. " Ironic. How you indulge yourself in the stories of Aligheri and the tales in which Vergil guiding Dante through hell with the phenomenal array of sinners in their various states. It seems, familiar, does it not? "

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. Expect poison from the standing water. You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. Listen to the fool’s reproach; it is a kingly title.

I have the worst case of chapped lips right now.

These are Devils, and are called powers of the air. I now asked my companion which was my eternal lot. He said: “Between the black and white spiders.”

Disgraceful, really. another sleepless night is seems.