User:SpikeShroom/Quotes
Spike's Favorite Quotes
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
"Wait, wait! O beloved and too thirsty one!—wait till the spirit hath melted the ice; or, by my halidome, thou wilt be borne hence on base shoulders to the nearest station. Now refill with ice, and drink, and be thankful."
- —"Social Grievances: Sham Swell" in Once a Week (Jan-Jun, 1871)
"I have been for years a keen observer of the habits of the hedgehog. . . "
- —J. Buckman, "The Hedgehog" in Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Volume 1
" . . . the mediocrity of most of mankind is such that they gain but little from the principles inculcated in them."
- —Anatole France, The Revolt of the Angels; Emilie Jackson, trans.
" . . . they were his last words,—"Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?" "The debt shall be paid," said Crito. . . "
"Shall we not endeavour to contribute something to the store of human knowledge, to devise some diminution of human pain, to contrive some additional source of human pleasure?"
- —"The Circle of Life" in Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 1
"Be thou the benefactor of thy friends, and, O thou repressor of enemies, place thou thy feet on the heads of all foes."
- —Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva, Section CXXXVIII
"Gaunt gnats, gadflies, and a host of other double-barrelled excruciators show an invariable and undesirable preference for my surfaces, sucking my blood—freely, for I am juicy."
- —"The House Ant" in Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 1
"It is a pretty sight to watch these little fellows in their gay attire. . . "
- —"The Blue Wren" in Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 1
"There is no doubt that olive trees still thrive on the rocky mountains of Palestine. . . "
- —Helen Watney, from "Old Trees" in Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 1