Famous quotes containing the words option and/or poor:
“Our passional nature not only lawfully may, but must, decide an option between propositions, whenever it is a genuine option that cannot by its nature be decided on intellectual grounds; for to say, under such circumstances, Do not decide, but leave the question open, is itself a passional decisionjust like deciding yes or noand is attended with the same risk of losing the truth.”
—William James (18421910)
“So well live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and well talk with them too
Who loses and who wins; whos in, whos out
And take upon s the mystery of things,
As if we were Gods spies.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)