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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - read more
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the read more
Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.
The habit does not make the monk.
[Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]
The habit does not make the monk.
[Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like read more
Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
Style is the image of character.
Style is the image of character.
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day read more
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so read more
We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,
