A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit read more

A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.