/lit/ - Literature

Then again, not to pass over the matter with a smile Like some wit - though what stops one telling the truth While smiling, as teachers often give children biscuits To try and tempt them to learn their alphabet? - No: joking aside, let’s turn to more serious thoughts: The farmer turning the heavy clay with sturdy plough, The rascally shopkeeper, the soldier, the sailor Who boldly sails the seas, all say they only do so So as to retire in true idleness when they are old, Having made a pile: just as their exemplar
The tiny labouring ant drags all she can together,
Adding what’s in her mouth to the heap she’s building, Neither ignorant of nor careless of her tomorrow.

>"So, you what were you telling me about that Infinitesimal Jest book last night? "