Quote of the Day for 2016-07-02

"Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless—one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to her."

— George Sand (1804-1876) Letter (June 13, 1837)

Mug shot of O.J. Simpson after his arrest (June 17, 1994)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-11

"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes."

— George Sand (1804-1876) Letter to Juliette Lambert-Adam, April 7, 1868

Translation: Which animals are most like each other? – Rabbit and Duck.

Uncredited illustration from Fliegende Blätter, issue #2645 (October 23, 1892).

"What were ducks in the scientist's world before the revolution are rabbits afterwards."

– Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, chapter 10.