Thought for Today

[Ed.: I posted this last year on Phyllis McGinley's birthday, but it's so great -- and so apropos -- that I'm posting it again.]

"When blithe to argument I come,
Though armed with facts, and merry,
May Providence protect me from
The fool as adversary,
Whose mind to him a kingdom is
Where reason lacks dominion,
Who calls conviction prejudice
And prejudice opinion."

~~~~~ Phyllis McGinley