“My father told me, better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.”
— Cary Grant
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Sir Kenneth Clark reads The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats, born 13th June 1865
You need to be bookmaxxing. Read more books. Borrow more books. Buy more books. Recommend more books. Gift more books. Discuss more books. Review more books. Reread more books. Quote more books. Join more bookclubs. Take more notes on books. Apply more books. Do more with books.
“The students who cannot read a 20-page article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill, or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow.”
@QuestsAbroad I live in Querétaro, and although there are many things I love about it, I always find myself searching for events in CDMX, the walkability and things to do 24/7 are hard to match.
There are questions no modern app can answer:
What is courage?
What is justice?
What is a good life?
What is worth dying for?
That’s where the classics begin.