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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Art Doesn’t Mean Art
“Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.”
– George Sand
Time of Season
“For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.”
– Ecclesiastes
Eigenheimer
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
– Euripides
Ozymandias
“And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
King
“A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.”
– Herodotus
Politics and Procrastination
“Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.”
– Henri Queuille
On American English
“You prefer the general American accent? Samson liked Delilah.”
– Willem Etsenmaker
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