The Useless Digest A Free Weekly dose of Facts, Quotes, History and more - direct to your inbox. Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
But want we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.