"Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together." — Thomas Carlyle

Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

I think, therefore I am.

Source: A Discourse on Method (1637), Part IV

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