Losing Hand

Famous quotes containing the words losing and/or hand:

    “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 decision—just like deciding yes or no—and is attended with the same risk of losing the truth.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “Two well-assorted travellers use
    The highway, Eros and the muse.
    From the twins is nothing hidden,
    To the pair is naught forbidden;
    Hand in hand the comrades go
    Every nook of nature through:
    Each for the other they were born,
    Each can other best adorn.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)