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Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try read more
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
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,
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.
A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
