Once every five hundred years or so a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have might have and should have.
The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet this ancient concept which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'