The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.

The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather

It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.