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JOHN ARBUTHNOT Scottish physician and wit (1667 - 1735) All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.       - attributed to,         in "Life of Emerson", p. 165 [Politics] He that sows his grain upon marble will have many a hungry belly before his harvest.       - [Agriculture] Law is a bottomless pit.       - title of a pamphlet (about 1700) [Law] The help, the guide, the balm of souls perplexed.       - [Bible] The mathematics are friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of imagination, and purge the mind from error and prejudice.       - [Mathematics] To bliss unknown my lofty soul aspires,   My lot unequal to my vast desires.       - Gnothi Seaton (l. 3) [Bliss] Last Revised: 2007 January 1 Copyright © 1999-2007 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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