Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change. I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. Gie me a spark o' Nature's fire; That's a' the learning I desire. Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. Dare to be honest and fear no labor. |