Macavity, Macavity, there's no on like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
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Macavity: The Mystery CatThomas Stearns Eliot (T. S.)
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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square —
But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place-
Macavity wasn't there.Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime — Macavity's not there!Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot
To understand oneself, one needs enormous pliability, and that pliability is denied when we specialize in devotion, in action, in knowledge. There are no paths such as devotion, as action, as knowledge, and he who follows any of these paths separately as a specialist brings about his own destruction. That is, a man who is committed to a particular path, to a particular approach, is incapable of pliability, and that which is not pliable is broken. As a tree that is not pliable breaks in the storm, so a man who has specialized breaks down in moments of crisis.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is on some, but not all, of these misty autumn day-breaks that one may hear the chorus of the quail. The silence is suddenly broken by a dozen contralto voices, no longer able to restrain their praise of the day to come.
Aldo Leopold
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