The Test
Only those with real strength of character can have real gentleness; those who look gentle are usually merely weak, and weakness easily goes sour.
… La Rochefoucauld
A Chronic Condition
There is a story in the trade that a publisher once accepted a book and sent it to an artist for illustrations. When he had finished, the artist sent the manuscript back—and it was returned to him with a rejection slip.
A Point of View
Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child’s play.
… Thomas Hardy
Folklore
It is said that Cleopatra swallowed a pearl of more value than the whole of the banquet she had provided in honor of Antony.
Epitaph in Sargentville, Maine
Sacred to the Memory of Elisha
Philbrook and His Wife Sarah
Beneath these stones do lie
Back to back, my wife and I!
When the last trumpet the air shall fill,
If she gets up, I’ll just lie still.
What’s in a name?
Biyazian: Turkish in derivation, identified as either a descriptive term or as a culinary reference. Biyaz may be a variant of beyaz, which is defined as white. It may also be a variant of piyaz, which is defined as a stew with onions.
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