| February |
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think."
- Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist
Note: This feature began in February, 2002. |
| March |
"The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear."
- Herbert Agar (1897 - 1980), American poet and writer |
| April |
"Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the truth about his or her love affairs."
- Rebecca West (1892-1983), English novelist and journalist |
| May |
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same as for love."
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), American poet |
| June |
"To be turned from one's course by men's opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office."
- Quintus Fabius Maximus (c.275 - 203 BC), Roman Politician and general |
| July |
"Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated, as to cheat.
As lookers-on feel most delight,
That least perceive a juggler's sleight;
And still the less they understand,
The more th' admire his sleight of hand."
- Samuel Butler (1612 - 80), English poet |
| August |
"Most of the change we think we see in life
Is due to truths being in and out of favour."
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), American poet |
| September |
"People ask you for criticism, but they only want change."
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), English povelist |
| October |
"In the long run, a harmful truth is better than a useful lie."
- Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955), German novelist |
| November |
"Everything we think of as great comes from neurotics. It is they and they alone who found religions and great works of art."
- Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922), French novelist |
| December |
"To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent."
- Mme de Staël (1766 - 1817), French writer |
