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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Sous Le Ciel De Paris: Edith Piaf
Sous le ciel de Paris s’envole une chanson elle est née d’aujourd’hui dans le cœur d’un garçon sous le ciel de paris marchent des amoureux leur bonheur se construit sur un air fait pour eux sous le Pont de Bercy … Continue reading
The Law Of Probability: Scottish Proverb
What may be may not be. A deceptively simple way of expressing something we all need to bear in mind at all times?
Algebra and Geometry: E W Howe
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry. E W Howe 1853-1937 The Story of a Country Town (1883) The image is copyright: Peshkova … Continue reading
Ominpotent Moral Busybodies: C S Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron‘s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his … Continue reading
Iseult of Brittany: Dorothy Parker
So delicate my hands, and long, They might have been my pride. And there were those to make them song Who for their touch had died. Too frail to cup a heart within, Too soft to hold the free — … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy Parker, Iseult, Iseult of the White Hands, Isolde
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Parlez-Moi D’Amour: Juliette Greco
Parlez-moi d’amour Redites-moi des choses tendres Votre beau discours Mon cœur n’est pas las de l’entendre Pourvu que toujours Vous répétiez ces mots suprêmes : “Je vous aime” Talk to me of love tell me tender things once more your … Continue reading
Conversation: Oscar Wilde
After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation. Oscar Wilde
An Explanation of the Popularity of Social Media: David Grayson
I think men perish sometimes from sheer untalked conversation. For lack of a creative listener they gradually fill up with unexpressed emotion. Presently this emotion begins to ferment, and finally…they blow up, burst, disappear in thin air. David Grayson 1870-1946 … Continue reading
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Tagged bottling up feelings, Facebook, Social media, Twitter, unexpressed emotion
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Prophetic Soul: Dorothy Parker
Because your eyes are slant and slow, Because your hair is sweet to touch, My heart is high again; but oh, I doubt if this will get me much. Dorothy Parker Prophetic Soul
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Tagged Battle of the Sexes, Depression, Dorothy Parker, Love, Prophetic Soul
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The Price Of Love Is Vulnerability: C S Lewis
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. … Continue reading
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