“It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Category: truth
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I learned some valuable lessons about the
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can
“Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you – the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love – may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Category: marriage
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When about to commit a base deed,
Does art have a future? Performance genres
“Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
Category: art
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Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
Internationalism is a social and political theory,
“Internationalism is a social and political theory, a certain concept of how human society ought to be organized, and in particular a concept of how the nations ought to organize their mutual relations.”
— Christian Lous Lange
Author: Christian Lous Lange
Category: society
Tags: society, Christian Lous Lange