Self-knowledge 249 "Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience." Randolph Bourne. 1913. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.
Self-knowledge 251 "Only the shallow know themselves." Oscar Wilde. 1894. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.
Secrecy 165 "Secrecy will hardly be perfectly preserved unless by one who makes it a rule to avoid the whole of a subject of which he has to retain a part." Sir Henry Taylor. “On Secrecy.” 1836. Gross, ed. Essays.
Secrecy 165 "Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say." Sir Henry Taylor. “On Secrecy.” 1836. Gross, ed. Essays.
Secrets 216 "If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, do not disclose it to your friend." Solomon Ibn Gabirol. 1050. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.
Seasons 286 "Spring sunshine is the awakener…summer sunlight is the ripener…winter sunlight is a token of rest, of the long sleep, the short day…but autumn sunlight is simply perfection of the day…." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 326 November. "And that is one of the rewards of living with four clear-cut seasons...have this annual season of simplicity, of rocks and rootbeds plainly visible...can, if you really look, see things whole again." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 327 " It is pleasant to walk with May and hear the song of mating birds and see the glint of fresh violets in the new grass...satisfying to sit in summer’s shade and know the fragrance of roses and the hum of bees through the long afternoon...exhilarating to watch the color come to the woodlands...but when the blossom has become the seed, when daylight has been abbreviated by the southward swing of the sun, when the trees stand naked in the frosty woodland.... " Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 343 "And man, privileged to know the year whole and complete...". Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Season 119 "Every morning I wakened with a fresh consciousness that winter was over." Cather, My Ántonia
Seasons 232 "It always seems to catch us by surprise, that day when we know the summer is not endless, that autumn is just over the hill or up the valley." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 232 "But it is the light, not the temperature, that marks the change [from summer to fall]…the clear blue sky, the sharp shadows, the way they fall." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 240 " September comes, and with it a sense of autumn." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 240 "Autumn never comes overnight…creeps in on a misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon…tiptoes through the treetops, rouging a few leaves…". Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 259 "Spring was all eagerness and beginnings, summer was growth and flowering…autumn is the achievement summarized, the harvested grain, the ripened apple, the grape in the wine press…the bright leaf in the woodland…the froth of asters at the roadside." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 206 "As summer advances, the colors change, slowly, subtly, but unmistakably." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 217 "The lights of the fireflies begin to dim, the buzz of the annual cicadas passes its shrill crescendo, the crickets stridulate, and after the crickets we hear the first katydids… can time the season by the insect sequence." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 217 "Tradition says first frost will come six weeks after the first katydid is heard." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 226 "What we really hear [in the late-August nights’ insects sounds] is the summer passing." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
Seasons 227 "Now, in the insect-loud night, we know that October will come, and November, when only the scuffle of sere leaves will scratch the night." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year
