Freebsd Fortunes 7

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
                -- Wittgenstein

Where's the man could ease a heart
Like a satin gown?
                -- Dorothy Parker, "The Satin Dress"

...whether it is better to spend a life not knowing what you want or to
spend a life knowing exactly what you want and that you will never have it.
                -- Richard Shelton

Whether weary or unweary, O man, do not rest,
Do not cease your single-handed struggle.
Go on, do not rest.
                -- An old Gujarati hymn

Whether you can hear it or not,
The Universe is laughing behind your back.

Which would you rather have, a bursting
planet or an earthquake here and there?
                -- John Joseph Lynch

While anyone can admit to themselves they were
wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.

While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
                -- Robert Burns,
                Address on "The Rights of Woman", November 26, 1792

While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
                -- Robert Burns, Address on "The Rights of Woman", 1792

While having never invented a sin,
I'm trying to perfect several.