The Chameleon's Face Reminded Aristotle

[footnote:] To Give The Beaver His Due, He Does Things Because He Has To Do Them, Not Because He Believes That Hard Work Per Se Will Somehow Make Him A Better Beaver -- The Beaver May Be Dumb, But He Is Not That Dumb! The Beaver Was Made To Gnaw, And Gnaw He Does. There You Have Him In A Nutshell.

Pliny The Elder Perished In 79 A.d. When He Refused To Flee From The Great Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius, Insisting That Everything Would Be All Right. It Wasn't.

If You Annoy The Hog-nosed Snake Enough, He Will Roll Over On His Back And Play Dead. If You Turn Him Right-side Up, He Will Roll Over To Prove That He Is Dead... While He Is Playing Dead, You Can Go Straight Up To Him And Step On His Head Or Smash Him With A Big Club.

My Philosophy Of Life Can Be Summed Up In Four Words: It Can't Be Helped.

A Hermit Is Simply A Person To Whom Civilization Has Failed To Adjust Itself.