Quote of the Day for 2015-11-10

"[A friend is] one soul abiding in two bodies."

— Aristotle (384-322 BCE) Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, book 5

David Bowie and Tilda Swinton on the set of The Stars (Are Out Tonight), photographed by Floria Sigismondi (2013)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-07

"An open foe may prove a curse,  
But a pretended friend is worse."

— John Gay (1685-1732) "The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf," Fables, Part 1, Fable 17

Iago plants suspicion in Othello’s mind that his wife is cheating with Cassio.

Illustration by H. C. Selous in The Plays of William Shakespeare. c. 1830.