“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”
Isaac Newton
And some people are not shy about admitting it:
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“The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.”
Diane Arbus
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A man in wolf’s clothing form the palace gardens in Schwetzingen.
A wolf doing unwolfish things on a mosaic from Aldborough Roman town in Yorkshire.
A whole castle of wolves (albeit en miniature) in the Obrunn gorge near Höchst im Odenwald.
And all that to respond to a quote about sheep:
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
William Ralph Inge, “Patriotism”, in Outspoken Essay (1919)
Other posts inspired by this quote can be found on Debbie’s Travel with Intent quotation challenge.
as if I could keep you out!
“Ring out the false, ring in the true”
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Horses seemed a fairly innocent image to answer this quote.
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“If a donkey bray at you, don’t bray at him.”
George Herbert
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“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”
Winston Churchill
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“The crowd intimidates me, its breath suffocates me. I feel paralysed by its curious look, and the unknown faces make me dumb.”
Frédéric Chopin
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“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
Junichiro Tanizaki
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“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.”
Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
I’ve seen this at the main station in Karlsruhe next to the platforms. The sculpture is pointing out the directions open to travellers (you can go any which way).
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“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
Dr. Seuss
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