Merciful heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured
His glassy essence--like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
would all themselves laugh mortal.
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Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll,
And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole,
Yet read more
Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll,
And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole,
Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them fly,
Thy arm directs those lightnings through the sky.
Then let the good Thy mighty name revere,
And hardened sinners Thy just vengeance fear.
He used to raise a storm in a teapot.
[Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.]
He used to raise a storm in a teapot.
[Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.]
If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser read more
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
The wisest have the most authority
The wisest have the most authority
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon read more
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon a man.
- Francis Bacon,
Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the read more
Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!"
