Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there was to… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
“Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.” — Will Cuppy Copy Share
Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour. — Will Cuppy Copy Share
[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned. — Will Cuppy Copy Share
Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?"… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
“Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.” — Will Cuppy Copy Share
I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. — Will Cuppy Copy Share
“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.” — Will Cuppy Copy Share
[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and… — Will Cuppy Copy Share
It is because of his brain that [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above. — Will Cuppy Copy Share
It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there. — Will Cuppy Copy Share
