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Words for the Day… by Hippocrates of Cos

Published by Olly Blackburn

It is through error that man tries and rises. It is through tragedy he learns. All the roads of learning begin in darkness and go out into the light.

Words for the Day… by Mary Wollstonecraft

Published by Olly Blackburn

Imagination is the true fire, stolen from heaven, to animate this cold creature of clay, producing all those fine sympathies that lead to rapture, rendering men social by expanding their hearts, instead of leaving them leisure to calculate how many comforts society affords.

Words for the Day… by Philip Larkin

Published by Olly Blackburn

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. — This Be the Verse

Words for the Day… by Martin Luther King

Published by Olly Blackburn

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Words for the Day… by St John of the Cross

Published by Olly Blackburn

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.