From an address delivered at Amherst College by Jhon F. Kennedy

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.


Kennedy J.F. President / Florida Keys--Public Libraries

From "Why I Look As I Do" by Edith Sittwell

Why not be oneself?
That is the whole secret of a successful appearance.
If one is a greyhound why try to look like a Pekinese?


Dog Intelligence / alicejamieson

From "Travels with a Donkey" by R. L. Stevenson

For mu part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.
I travel for travel's sake.
The great affair is to move.


The Road Goes on Forever / earlycj5

From "Ida" by Gertrude Stein

People should be there and not come through a door.


Girl at sunset / nxb

From "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen

"And what are you reading, Miss---?"
"Oh! it is only a novel!" replies the young lady.


Kolomenskoye, Young Moscow / Boris SV

From "Black Elk Speaks" by Jhon G. Neihardt

Perhaps it meant that all clouds were looking at me.


Blue sky with white fluffy clouds / Dominic's pics

From "Letter to James Macpherson" by Samuel Jhonson

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed then in getting money.


Le trader / Sunfox

From "Editorial, The Hartford Couant," by Charles Dudley Warner

Everybody talks about the weather,
but nobody does anything about it.


Seattle: September Changeable Weather and Clouds / orcmid

From "To－," [1814] by Samuel Rogers

Go－You may call it madness, folly;
You shall not chase my gloom away,
There's such a charm in melancholy,
I would not, if I could, be Gay.


The early stages of depression / Jermz Photography

From "A Room with a View" by E.M. Forster

It is do difficult to understand people
who speak the truth.


La Bocca della Verità / ZeroOne

From "King Henry Ⅳ, Part Ⅰ" by William Shakespeare

The time of life is short;
To spend that shortness basely were too long.


coming back to life / TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³

From "Poor Richard's Almanac" by Benjamin Franklin

Eat to live,
and not live to eat.


Red vari eating bread / Tambako the Jaguar