Quote of the Day for 2015-11-25

"It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury."

— Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Lallah Rookh, "The Fire Worshippers," part 6

Sean Young as Rachael, on the verge of tears in Blade Runner (1982)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-26

"'Come, come,' said Tom's father, 'at your time of life, / There's no longer excuse for thus playing the rake— / It is time you should think, boy, of taking a wife.' / 'Why, so it is father—whose wife shall I take?'"

— Thomas Moore (1779-1852) "A Joke Versified," Fables for the Holy Alliance

Illustration and title page of The Country Wife by William Wycherley.