Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.
Edward CarpenterGreat success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
Edward CarpenterAnd where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.
Edward CarpenterWith my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.
Edward Carpenter