Showing posts with label misery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misery. Show all posts

Friday, November 13, 2015

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-13


"Parsons always seem to be specially horrified about things like sunbathing and naked bodies. They don't mind poverty and misery and cruelty to animals nearly so much."

Susan Ertz (1894-1985) The Story of Julian

Starbucks 2015 holiday cups, which some Christian conservatives allege is part of the so-called "War on Christmas." (Photograph courtesy of Starbucks)

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-06


"It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness."

John Milton (1608-1674) The Second Defense of the People of England, page 32

Hope by George Frederic Watts (1886)