Here, Wotan, after laying Brunheide in an enchanted sleep across the rocks, summons a divine, magical fire to protect her and departs after making a famous vow--"Whosoever fears the point of my spear shall not pass through the fire"--sorrowfully into the enveloping frame of the fire.
Ignorance more often begets confidence than does knowledge."--Charles Darwin
"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality."--Thoreau
"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality."--Thoreau









