Inspire

A line to write from.

One line from the shelf, copied out for its own sake, and a question to carry it into your day. When it is not yours, draw another.

A line

“It is wiser to have a reputation for meanness which brings reproach without hatred, than to be compelled through seeking a reputation for liberality to incur a name for rapacity which begets reproach with hatred.”

After Machiavelli · The Prince, Chapter XVI

Cleo

What small kindness did you give recently that cost you something?

Write from this Another

The lines are from the Knowledge: books that belong to everyone, kept here by their authors.