So many of the kings of Israel did which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
And all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. 2 Kings 15:16
[Michael Dirda on Agnes Repplier](https://www.Washington post.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503818.html) via @waisberg
Prestige is like the blush of a grape, and when it goes, it goes forever. —Theodore Dalrymple via @waisberg
Brooklyn Heights
Bento boxes at Rice & Miso, Boerum Hill
New York Traffic Museum
Barzun on Teaching by Lee Trepanier
Grand Central Station
Writing on the wall near the Poughkeepsie train station.
Simone Weil was a student of the philosopher Alain (Émile Chartier). —Elizabeth Hardwick via @waisberg
Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 2 kings 11:14
When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there & leaneth on my hand, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: the Lᴏʀᴅ pardon thy servant in this thing. And Elisha said unto Naaman, Go in peace.2 Kings 5:18, 19
Wow!
If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 2 Kings 5:13
Do what is asked of you, great or little.
A plus for unnecessary worrying is the happiness one feels when one learns that the worry was unnecessary.
“Is life worth living?” Its root meaning, surely, is personal, subjective, solitary. There is a sense in which life is experienced, has always been experienced, and will continue to be experienced, by only one person: the living person. —Jacques Barzun
There is as much difference between me and my selves as between me and others.
After Montaigne, “Of the Inconsistency of our Actions”, quoted by Marcel Conche, quoted by @waisberg