Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Feb 6, 2008 14:13
Bertrand Russell noted "I certainly hope this world
is not the product of conscious design, because if
so it must be the work of a fiend."
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd,
And strength by limping sway disabled
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,
And simple truth miscalled simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill:
Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.
-- Shakespeare, Sonnet 66
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