I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Don't you find it rather heavy, to have everything really in front of you – all the people who are going to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O. — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
Yes, I actually have a portable fly-tying kit in my vest. I spent hours putting it all together, with a special emphasis… — Jack Ohman Copy Share Image
I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with… — Clive Anderson Copy Share Image
I sing Connecticut, her charms / Of rivers, orchards, blossoming ridges. / I sing her gardens, fences, farms, / Spiders and midges. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three, and, save for a pocket of warmth… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
As much as anything, the anglers will clue you in to the midge hatch. You will see them hunched over in concentration… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
